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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120067268 | VERTICAL GLIDER ROBOT A subsea vertical glider robot which supports deployment in subsea oilfield activities is disclosed. This vertical glider robot can also be used in oceanographic research exploration. One application of this vertical glider robot is the autonomous delivery of equipment ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120015567 | OCEAN THERMAL BUOYANCY AND PROPULSION SYSTEM A water navigable vessel or glider can transport cargo across oceans and other bodies of water without the use of fossil or nuclear fuels. The vessel includes a housing, a cargo or payload area within the housing, one or more control fins attached to the housing, a ball... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110297064 | ADJUSTABLE KEEL FOR A SAILBOAT A sailboat, which include an extendable keel having a moveable inner member positioned within a fixed keel and a control system for lowering or retracting the inner member.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110197801 | Sponge ballast system A floatation device of any size or shape stabilized by a ballast system comprised of sponge contained in permeable enclosures, which enclosures in turn are secured to the underside of the device, which sponge, upon contact with water, rapidly absorbs such water and prov... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110179986 | Method and Apparatus for Towing Offshore Wind Turbines A method of moving a floating wind turbine relative to a body of water, the floating wind turbine having a buoyant body with a nacelle at the upper end thereof, including the steps of floating the floating wind turbine in the body of water, and towing the floating wind ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110146556 | ACTIVE HEAVE COMPENSATION WITH ACTIVE DAMPING CONTROL A damping control system includes a first sensor configured to detect movement of a vessel and generate a first signal representing the vessel movement and a second sensor configured to detect movement of a cable and generate a second signal representing the cable movem... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110126748 | WIND TURBINE HOLDING AND LIFTING SYSTEM AND MOVABLE OPERATING PLATFORM ABOVE WATER The present invention which relates to the field of offshore wind turbine installation technology, discloses a wind turbine holding and lifting system for a movable operating platform above water. The wind turbine holding and lifting system comprises a first standing co... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110126747 | WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION VESSEL AND A GRAVITY CENTER ADJUSTMENT DEVICE THEREOF The present invention discloses a gravity center adjustment device for a wind turbine installation vessel, with the gravity center adjustment device (2) fixedly mounted to the outside of the vessel body (4) of the wind turbine installation vessel. The exis... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110107951 | Offshore Buoyant Drilling, Production, Storage and Offloading Structure An offshore structure having a vertically symmetric hull, an upper vertical wall, an upper inwardly-tapered wall disposed below the upper vertical wall, a lower outwardly-tapered wall disposed below the upper sloped wall, and a lower vertical wall disposed below the low... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110091284 | Rigid Hull Gas-Can Buoys Variable Buoyancy The present invention is an apparatus and method directed to a variable buoyancy gas-can buoyancy module or buoy having a flexible barrier between a variable volume gas chamber in the gas-can hull and water in the hull. More specifically, the present invention is direct... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100224114 | Semi-Submersible Vessel, Method For Operating A Semi-Submersible Vessel And Method For Manufacturing A Semi-Submersible Vessel The present invention relates to a semi-submersible vessel comprising at least one lower hull section (22) which defines a first water displacing volume; a support structure (24) connected to the at least one lower hull section (22) and extending up... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100186651 | PRELOADING TO REDUCE LOADS AND SAVE STEEL ON TOPSIDES AND GRILLAGE OF CATAMARAN SYSTEMS The present invention reduces loads and saves steel on topsides and grillage of a catamaran system by creating a lifting force from a barge to the topsides to offset a sagging bending moment of the self-weight on the topsides during transportation. The present invention... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100170168 | FLOATING HOUSE WITH COVER A flood and wind resistant structure includes a building cover which includes a guide beam, and a building structure which includes a buoyant material structure positioned proximate to a floor of the building structure. The building structure is within an inner volume o... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171312 | BUOYANT ACTUATOR A buoyant actuator (10) for use in apparatus (11) for harnessing ocean wave energy and for converting the harnessed energy to high-pressure seawater. The buoyant actuator (10) comprises a body (21) defining a chamber (23) having a plia... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100170167 | FLOATING HOUSE A flood resistant structure includes a building structure container and a building structure positioned proximate to the building structure container. The building structure is moveable relative to the building structure container in response to water flow through the b... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100071607 | SHIP WITH A SPECIAL LOWER LEVEL The ship body of the present invention comprises at least two levels. One is an upper level that comprises a floatable body. The other is a lower level. The lower level is intended to be submerged under water in normal use. The lower level comprises at least two paralle... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100050925 | COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BARGE The present invention is directed to a maritime vessel that uses a solid or semi-solid material to enclose substantially natural gas storage vessels in the hold of the vessel.... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100025996 | WAVE AND WIND POWER GENERATION The present invention provides a wave and wind power generation system including a platform (12) and one or more oscillating water columns (OWC's) (14) including an airflow control mechanism (50, 54), a controller (56) and a motion sensor ( 02/04/2010 | |
| 20100000460 | WEB FRAME A marine structure comprises a supporting member adapted to be located at least partially immersed in water. The supporting member comprises a wall at least partially delimiting the supporting member such that an inner side of the wall at least partially delimits an inn... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090288586 | ADJUSTABLE KEEL FOR A SAILBOAT A sailboat, which include an extendable keel having a moveable inner member positioned within a fixed keel and a control system for lowering or retracting the inner member.... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090260539 | MODULAR VIBRATORY FLOOR The invention relates to a vibratory floor consisting of independent vibratory modules that can be pre-fabricated and are strictly controlled before being put into place in structures for storage or transport of bulk products. Each vibratory module consists of a frame (... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090255454 | Mooring System For Stabilizing A Vessel, A Vessel, Method For Stabilizing A Vessel And Use Of A Mooring System A mooring system for stabilizing a vessel for handling offshore structures includes at least one mooring unit, a connection mechanism for connecting the mooring unit to the vessel, and a tractive mechanism for stabilizing the vessel by establishing permanent tension in ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090194011 | Vessel Including Automatic Ballast System Using Tubes A double-hulled vessel has a ballast draft line previously set at an empty state thereof. The double-hulled vessel of the present invention comprises an outer shell formed on bottom and side portions of the vessel; an inner shell formed on bottom and side portions of th... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090158988 | Truss Semi-Submersible Offshore Floating Structure A semi-submersible structure. The hull includes four columns that are supported by two pontoons. The columns support the topsides and the topsides structural framing serves as horizontal framing between the columns. A truss frame is attached to the columns. The truss fr... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090107386 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MARINE DEPLOYMENT Methods and apparatus for marine deployment according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a floatable housing adapted to be deployed by a marine vehicle. The floatable housing may be adapted to be launched from a marine vehicle an... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090101054 | PORTABLE DRY DOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICING OF RECREATIONAL VESSELS IN INLAND WATERWAYS A Portable Dry Dock (PDD) system designed for commercial servicing of recreational vessels (RVs) in inland waterways (IW). This PDD is disassembled and transported from one IW to another. This PDD was designed specifically to improve the efficiency in the most typical m... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090084284 | Non-Lethal Restraint Device With Diverse Deployability Applications An immobilization device and method of restraining vehicles, persons and animals uses tendrils attached to various devices to engage the target. The immobilization device, system and method includes a housing containing launchable tendrils that are launched from the hou... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080295756 | Dual Draft Crane Vessel Vessel including a hull of a substantially closed surface has at deck level a lifting crane, ballast tanks within the hull and a ballast control unit for admitting water to the ballast tanks for changing the draft of the vessel. The hull has a narrow lower section havin... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20070261625 | Suspension System for a Boat A suspension system (2) for a boat (4), which suspension system (2) is for mounting to a hull (6) of the boat (4), and which suspension system (2) comprises a single accommodation unit (8) for at least one person travelli... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070084394 | Power generation in watercraft An electrical power generation system for watercraft including movable ballast, an electrical generator, and a shaft connected between the ballast and the electrical generator. ... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070039537 | Method and Apparatus for Ballast-Assisted Reconfiguration of a Variable-Draft Vessel A method for reconfiguring the hull form of a reconfigurable variable-draft vessel having a side hull and a center hull. In a method in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, ballasting and de-ballasting operations assist in the vertical t... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20070006787 | Wastewater ballast system and method The invention discloses a wastewater ballast method that includes the steps of collecting wastewater, treating the collected wastewater, storing the treated wastewater, and discharging the treated wastewater during ballast operations. ... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070000421 | KAYAK BALLAST SYSTEM A kayak ballast system is comprised of a cradle member configured to be fitted within the interior of the kayak. The cradle member defines a receiving unit for securely receiving weight, thereby providing a ready means for adding weight to a kayak and increasing the cen... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060243184 | Use of waste nitrogen from air separation units for blanketing cargo and ballast tanks The present invention relates to the use of a primarily nitrogen containing blanketing agent from the air separation unit of a Gas To Liquids, Heavy Hydrocarbon Conversion, or Methanol Synthesis Facility on transport vessels. The primarily nitrogen containing blanketing... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060191456 | Wastewater ballast system and method The invention discloses a wastewater ballast method that includes the steps of collecting wastewater, treating the collected wastewater, storing the treated wastewater, and discharging the treated wastewater during ballast operations. ... | 08/31/2006 |
