US Patent Issued to SAIPEM on March 3 for "Manipulator device to apply modules around a pipeline, laying vessel comprising said device and method to operate said laying vessel" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,945, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAIPEM S.P.A. (Milan).

"Manipulator device to apply modules around a pipeline, laying vessel comprising said device and method to operate said laying vessel" was invented by Liborio Moceri (Milan), Carlo Chiodini (Milan), Luca Arnesano (Milan) and Emmanuel Huot (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulator device to apply modules around a pipeline during assembly has two jaws mobile between an open and a closed position and configured to house the respective portions of the module, and an articulated mechanism having a plurality of degrees of freedom to place the jaws in a loading positio...