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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056492 | Vessel comprising a subsea equipment motion restraining and guidance system A vessel (2) for handling subsea equipment comprising a subsea equipment hoist system including a winch and a hoist cable (3) for lowering and retrieving subsea equipment (5) in a hoist area of the vessel, a subsea equipment motion restraining a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7234409 | Vessel for transporting wind turbines, methods of moving a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for an off-shore wind farm A wind turbine (1) has a base (5) divided into at least three ballast tanks (12). A vessel (7) has means for displacing the wind turbine between a loading space (25) and an unloading position (26). At its unloading position ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7111686 | Vessel provided with a device for removing and/or installing a sub-structure of a drilling or production platform The invention relates to a vessel (1) provided with a deck (2) and with a device (3) for removing and/or installing a sub-structure (4) of a drilling or production platform, wherein said device comprises a supporting structure (5) ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044313 | Portable hoist A portable hoist for preferably lifting and moving a trowel machine is disclosed. The portable hoist is comprised of a base and a plurality of legs coupled with the base. A foot is rotatably attached to one end of each of the legs. The rotatable attachment allows th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6988459 | Multipurpose tower for monohull with moveable hatch Embodied herein is a monohull vessel with a moonpool capable of being used offshore. The monohull vessel includes a moonpool and a deck level. A movable hatch is connected to topside of the moonpool and is countersunk beneath the deck level. A multipurpose tower is ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6968802 | Buoyant retrieval of unmanned seawater vehicles An unmanned sea vehicle is provided with a canister storing therein a net assembly in a deflated condition attached to the sea vehicle through the canister by a lanyard in a folded condition. The net assembly is connected to an inflation gas generator through which ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6901877 | Foam block replacement barge A barge for replacing foam blocks that support floating docks. The barge is provided with a float sinker that removably attaches to the barge via a boom. The float sinker can be moved from side to side via the boom and can be rotated. The float sinker has clamp arms... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871609 | Multipurpose tower for monohull A vessel with moonpool capable of being used offshore comprising a monohull with moonpool; a multipurpose tower mounted on the vessel; an equipment handling system removably mounted on the vessel; a movable hatch installed on top of the moonpool; and a hoist system ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6505574 | Vertical motion compensation for a crane's load A method and system are provided for reducing sea state induced vertical motion of a shipboard crane's load. Sea state induced vertical velocity of the crane's suspended load is determined as a function of: i) the horizontal radial distance the load exten... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6318284 | Method and installation for carrying out operations under water with a crane on a fixed pontoon Method for carrying out operations under water by means of a crane (3) equipped with a tool which is erected on a pontoon (1) which has been fixed and which can be jacked up, wherein an underwater working room (4) which is mainly open at the bottom is let... | 11/20/2001 |
| 5951227 | Deep water lowering apparatus A deep water lowering apparatus that utilizes dual davit structures mounted on a barge. Each davit structure has a pulling wire rope line spooled on a storage winch. Each pulling line is reeved onto a traction winch and through upper and lower sheaves on ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5261347 | Sailboat davit A sailboat davit connectable into the ground adjacent a seawall, water's edge or other like supportive objects for lifting and lowering a small sailboat. The device includes an elongated upright support member having a radially outwardly extending boom co... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5211124 | Winch construction for boat lift A winch construction for a boat lift. The winch includes a pair of spaced side plates, and a shaft is journaled in aligned openings in the side plates. The ends of the shaft project beyond the side plates and a drum is located between the side plates and ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4898289 | Method of handling a load with a crane vessel having movable load supports A crane vessel (20) has a temporary load support structure (23) on which to support a load (22) in transit. For installation, the load is hooked up to the vessel crane (21) and the temporary support structure is removed to enable the vessel to set down th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4875429 | Braking device for a capsule at the end of a trajectory The invention relates to a submarine braking system of a capsule (4) at the end of fast movement. The capsule glides by gravity along a cable (3) and finally hits in succession several disks (6 to 9) which start to glide and finally hit a hydraulic shock-... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4860681 | Apparatus for carrying out operations under water An apparatus for carrying out operations under water having a twin hull autonomous submarine which in the space between two pressure hulls is provided with a cargo hold having an apparatus for receiving and carrying cargo units. The compartment between th... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4754442 | Variable depth sonar line handling system A variable depth towed sonar line handling system is arranged to provide a level wind of the sonar cable onto a cable winding drum without significant lateral deflection of the cable. The system includes a boom with sheaves at the inboard and outboard end... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4597352 | Compact towing system for underwater bodies A compact towing system which is adapted to be mounted on a ship for towing an underwater towed body using faired tow cable is provided herein. It includes an improvement in the combination of the following inter-related elements: (a) a trucked gantry; (b... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4348975 | Supply boat spooling system This system is for offshore operations and includes a boat having a towing and an anchor handling winch are respectively disposed on the boat deck so as to rotate about horizontal axis. In connection with an offshore rig using chain or cable attached to t... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4051796 | Method of breaking up ship hull The present invention is characterized by cutting and breaking up a hull of large ship in the floating situation on the sea so as to shorten the length of the hull, transporting the broken up objects to a product making workshop, and subdividing said obje... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4036163 | Apparatus for mounting and dismounting a submerged propeller unit for a floating body Apparatus for mounting and dismounting a submerged propeller unit to and from the hull of a floating body from the outside thereof comprises a flange in the hull surrounding an opening therein and having passages therein, a flange on the propeller unit ha... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4034695 | Lumber work boat A lumber work boat provided with an operating arm assembly at a bow portion of the boat for gathering up or moving lumber floating on the water. The boat has a recess to be opened frontwardly of the bow so that the operating arm assembly may be received w... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4026228 | Method and apparatus for temporarily converting campers and the like to water-based units Method and apparatus for converting recreational vehicles (RVs), camper bodies and trailers from land-based units to water-based units. Following conversion, the RV or camper becomes the "cabin" of a houseboat having an undercarriage which includes a pair... | 05/31/1977 |
