Patents by Inventor Pierpaolo Ricci

Pierpaolo Ricci has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for interconnecting umbilicals for conveying energy, fluids and/or data in a marine environment
    Patent number: 9395021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interconnection system and method for interconnecting hoses (40) for transmitting power, fluids, data, or any combination thereof in a marine environment by means of a leak-tight device (10) in the inlets (230) of which terminal covers (30) for the passage of umbilicals and blind covers (80) for sealing said inlets (230) can be interchanged, such that each of the hoses can be connected and disconnected independently. The inlets are arranged such that the umbilicals are laid according to one and the same direction and orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Antonio Rico Rubio, José Villate Martínez, Pablo Ruiz Minguela, Pierpaolo Ricci, Pedro Ibañez Ereño
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING UMBILICALS FOR CONVEYING ENERGY, FLUIDS AND/OR DATA IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150003916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interconnection system and method for interconnecting hoses (40) for transmitting power, fluids, data, or any combination thereof in a marine environment by means of a leak-tight device (10) in the inlets (230) of which terminal covers (30) for the passage of umbilicals and blind covers (80) for sealing said inlets (230) can be interchanged, such that each of the hoses can be connected and disconnected independently. The inlets are arranged such that the umbilicals are laid according to one and the same direction and orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Antonio Rico Rubio, José Villate Martínez, Pablo Ruiz MinGuela, Pierpaolo Ricci, Pedro Ibanez Ereno