Patents by Inventor Renier OLIVA

Renier OLIVA 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).

  • Autonomous underwater survey apparatus and system
    Patent number: 11072405
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sea floor mapping, and more particularly to a method, system, and apparatus for mapping a large swath of sea floor at substantial depths. An example autonomous underwater vehicle may include: a controller; a body having a front end and a rear end and defining a cavity and a center of gravity; a first dive plane extending from the body proximate the center of gravity; a second dive plane extending from the body substantially opposite of the first dive plane proximate the center of gravity; a counterweight disposed within the cavity configured to be moved between the front end and the rear end of the body, wherein a fore-aft pitch of the body of the autonomous underwater vehicle is controlled by the controller through movement of the counterweight toward the front end or the rear end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TAMPA DEEP-SEA X-PLORERS LLC
    Inventors: Edward Larson, Arthur Ianuzzi, Renier Oliva, Dennis Lorence, Joseph R. Daum, Graham Sheffer
  • AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER SURVEY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190127034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sea floor mapping, and more particularly to a method, system, and apparatus for mapping a large swath of sea floor at substantial depths. An example autonomous underwater vehicle may include: a controller; a body having a front end and a rear end and defining a cavity and a center of gravity; a first dive plane extending from the body proximate the center of gravity; a second dive plane extending from the body substantially opposite of the first dive plane proximate the center of gravity; a counterweight disposed within the cavity configured to be moved between the front end and the rear end of the body, wherein a fore-aft pitch of the body of the autonomous underwater vehicle is controlled by the controller through movement of the counterweight toward the front end or the rear end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Edward LARSON, Arthur IANUZZI, Renier OLIVA, Dennis LOWRANCE, Joseph R. DAUM