Patents by Inventor Roberto Gentile

Roberto Gentile 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).

  • Patent number: 12540517
    Abstract: A pipe handler that can include a wrench assembly with a backup tong and a torque wrench, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, wherein rotation of the rotary actuator about a second axis rotates the torque wrench about a first axis. An iron roughneck that can include a torque wrench configured to rotate about a first axis, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, the rotary actuator having a second axis about which the rotary actuator rotates, where the second axis and the first axis are substantially parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other, and where rotation of the rotary actuator about the second axis rotates the torque wrench about the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
    Inventors: Tor Berge, Kjetil Næsgaard, Roberto Gentile
  • Publication number: 20250059835
    Abstract: A pipe handler that can include a wrench assembly with a backup tong and a torque wrench, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, wherein rotation of the rotary actuator about a second axis rotates the torque wrench about a first axis. An iron roughneck that can include a torque wrench configured to rotate about a first axis, and a rotary actuator coupled to the torque wrench, the rotary actuator having a second axis about which the rotary actuator rotates, where the second axis and the first axis are substantially parallel with each other and spaced apart from each other, and where rotation of the rotary actuator about the second axis rotates the torque wrench about the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tor BERGE, Kjetil NÆSGAARD, Roberto GENTILE
  • Publication number: 20240318483
    Abstract: A system that can include a cover, and a support structure, where the cover is rotationally coupled to the support structure, and the support structure is configured to move the cover between a generally horizontal orientation in a fully closed position and a generally horizontal orientation in a fully open position. A method that can include stowing a robotic arm in a stowed position in the cavity, rotating a cover to a fully open position away from the cavity allowing deployment of the robotic arm, deploying the robotic arm by extending the robotic arm from the cavity, and returning the robotic arm to the stowed position in the cavity and rotating the cover from the fully open position to a fully closed position over the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Roberto GENTILE, Kjetil NÆSGAARD
  • Patent number: 8966994
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a body inserted in pipe conducting a fluid flow, the body being positioned in a distance from the pipe wall providing a gap between the body and the pipe wall, the gap constituting an electromagnetic, e.g. microwave, resonator, at least one coupling probe being positioned close to said gap, the method comprising the steps of applying an electromagnetic signal, monitoring the frequency response of the resonator through the probe, and analyzing the frequency response to provide a measure of movements, e.g. vibrations induced by a turbulent flow, of the body. The invention also relates to an insert with support structure especially shaped to avoid influence on the resonance measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventors: Roberto Gentile, Rune Sørhus, Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors
  • Publication number: 20120006430
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a body inserted in pipe conducting a fluid flow, the body being positioned in a distance from the pipe wall providing a gap between the body and the pipe wall, the gap constituting an electromagnetic, e.g. microwave, resonator, at least one coupling probe being positioned close to said gap, the method comprising the steps of applying an electro-magnetic signal monitoring the frequency response of the resonator through the probe, and analysing the frequency response to provide a measure of movements, e.g. vibrations induced by a turbulent flow, of the body. The invention also relates to an insert with support structure especially shaped to avoid influence on the resonance measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Roberto Gentile, Rune Sørhus, Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors