Patents by Inventor Walter KAPP

Walter KAPP 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: 11724274
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a working assembly for a painting system, containing a mobile platform and a crank and slider-type oscillating mechanism, which reproduces movements transmitted to a shaft and that guides a paint gun, mimicking the process performed by painters. Thus, the mobile platform and the oscillating mechanism were designed to move unidirectionally over the surface, being able to move in two orthogonal directions and also to rotate in order to keep the platform level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Koebsch, Andre Marcon Zanatta, Ariel Paulo Rezende, Ismael Jose Secco, Walter Kapp
  • Publication number: 20230219644
    Abstract: The present invention aims at developing a robot for applying coating in regions called “difficult access areas” of offshore platforms and ships, such as curved, vertical surfaces, or surfaces with negative inclination angles. The design concept was developed based on a low-weight painting system, integrated into a vehicle with magnetic shoes (104), which produces a constant magnetic force on the metallic surface, capable of guaranteeing the support of the vehicle in the different areas of application. The floating magnetic system aims at ensuring that the wheels (102) have the necessary friction for the vehicle to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Clayton Eduardo Rodrigues, Andre Koebsch, Paulo Henrique Giusti, Doglas Negri, Ismael Secco, Diego De Souza, Walter Kapp, Marco Shawn Meireles Machado, Felipe Faria, Luiz Felipe Baldo Marques
  • Patent number: 11590524
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an automated painting system on oil ships, being executed by a mobile platform and an oscillating arm. The assembly only works due to the control of cables, winders and wheels. This approach is aimed at painting large vertical walls. The painting deck suspension uses four cables, each connected to a pivot on the mobile platform, and two fixed pivots plus four winders. The winders contain a servo motor in a synchronous serial network. The cables are made of reduced-weight polyethylene. Each cable is connected exclusively to one winder. Suspension is achieved with the aid of two adapted cranes and initialization through the addition of a giraffe-type crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS, SERVICO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAGEM INDUSTRIAL—DEPARTAMENTO REGIONAL DE SANTA CATARINA
    Inventors: Andre Koebsch, Andre Marcon Zanatta, Ariel Paulo Rezende, Ismael Jose Secco, Walter Kapp
  • Publication number: 20220097091
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a working assembly for a painting system, containing a mobile platform and a crank and slider-type oscillating mechanism, which reproduces movements transmitted to a shaft and that guides a paint gun, mimicking the process performed by painters. Thus, the mobile platform and the oscillating mechanism were designed to move unidirectionally over the surface, being able to move in two orthogonal directions and also to rotate in order to keep the platform level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Andre KOEBSCH, Andre MARCON ZANATTA, Ariel Paulo REZENDE, Ismael Jose SECCO, Walter KAPP