Patents by Inventor Roberto De Aquino

Roberto De Aquino 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).

  • Publication number: 20050210961
    Abstract: A device for monitoring the integrity of a flexible pipe used for transporting a pressurized fluid in a terminal end-fitting. The pipe includes an internal pressure sheath, plies of tensile armor wires and an outer sheath fastened to the end-fitting. A monitor of the change in a phenomenon associated with the disorganization of the armor plies as a result of a fracture of several tensile armor wires inside the end-fitting. The monitor detects an increase in the twist in the pipe near the end-fitting. Gas escape from the pipe or strain on the pipe may be measured as such phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventor: Roberto De Aquino