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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4207828 | Stabilizing system for a crane vessel A stabilizing system for a crane vessel of the twin hull semi-submersible type having a working platform supported above sea level by columns on submersible hulls. Water ballast compartments above sea level on the corner columns are discharged selectively... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4202036 | Buoyancy control for ocean characteristic measurement system A system for measuring ocean characteristics. The system includes a sensor assembly and an associated means to control the system buoyancy to achieve cyclic ascent and descent at controlled speeds, either along a mooring line or free-drifting. Buoyancy co... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4202034 | Adaptive controller for ocean characteristic measurement system A system for measuring ocean characteristics. The system includes a sensor assembly and an associated means to control the system buoyancy to achieve cyclic ascent and descent at controlled speeds, either along a mooring line or free-drifting. Buoyancy co... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4193057 | Automatic deployment of horizontal linear sensor array A linear sensor array is deployed horizontally on the ocean floor by first deploying a vertical array, between an anchor and a float from which the array is suspended, and then decreasing the buoyancy of the float gradually as the float is carried away fr... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4183316 | Variable volume depth control An apparatus for controlling the depth of an object submerged in a liquid dium includes a sealed chamber means, joined to the object, which retains a working fluid and which has a variable external volume for displacing variable amounts of the medium. The... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4176986 | Subsea riser and flotation means therefor A marine drilling riser is provided with a plurality of buoyancy cans having fail safe dump valves operative to vent compressed gas from the buoyancy cans and thereby cause rapid loss of buoyancy.... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4170954 | Semi-submersible vessel Semi-submersible vessels are described comprising a sealed chamber with curved surfaces, a partially immersable support structure secured to the chamber and a platform or deck carried by the support structure. Preferably the sealed chamber comprises a plu... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4121529 | Buoyancy systems A buoyancy system is disclosed for use in controlling the descent and ascent of an object, such as a pipe line being laid offshore. The system includes a plurality of inflatable, collapsible, submersible buoys which may be remotely controlled by air or ot... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4034693 | Device for automatic raising of fish traps, crayfish pots, nets and the like A device for automatically raising fish traps, crayfish pots, nets and the like comprising a cylinder of compressed gas connected through a control valve to a buoyancy chamber provided with a discharge opening and adapted to be filled with water when the ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4031581 | Sub-sea adjustable buoy A buoy having a controllable buoyancy and being particularly adapted for subsea use. The buoy includes an upper buoyant chamber member mounted with a lower chamber member. The lower chamber member has a lower chamber formed in it for containing variable a... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4028759 | Marine anchor buoys A buoy for supporting a cable which is connectible with an anchor, includes at least two buoyancy chambers which can be filled with a flotation medium, one of the buoyancy chambers having a closable inlet and outlet through which fluid can be passed to va... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4009583 | Buoyancy control apparatus for divers A buoyancy control system for carrying by a diver has a fluid-tight reservoir, preferably of looped tubing, into which water and compressed gas can be selectively admitted through respective inlet valves to displace gas and water respectively in the reser... | 03/01/1977 |
