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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181588 | Automatic reversing-reposition rocker arm An automatic reversing-reposition rocker arm includes a rocker arm body, and the rocker arm body is a steel box beam. A rocker arm pivoting shaft is attached on a middle of the body. The rocker arm body has a ballast tank, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The ball... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8141511 | Stable maritime vehicle platform Systems and methods for a stable maritime platform are disclosed. The platform is pivotally supported by a superstructure of a floating vessel, the platform to receive a downward force from an object. A platform trunnion is connected to the platform to convert the d... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8051790 | LCAC lander, launcher and lifter Presented is an advance naval ship's stern appendage called an LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) Lander, Launcher and Lifter (L4 system) to provide for landing and launching of amphibious hovercraft and increase the delivery capacity of amphibious hovercra... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028638 | Method of dynamic positioning of a vessel A method of dynamic positioning of a vessel (16, 32), wherein a positioning system controls at least one positioning machinery (18), and where two or more buoys (1), each comprising at least one positioning machinery (18), are coupled to ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7987803 | Pontoon boat Disclosed is a pontoon boat. The pontoon boat includes a deck, a pair of pontoons, an elongated channel member and a boat. The pair of pontoons is disposed on a water side portion of the deck for supporting the deck above a water level. The elongated channel member ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7827925 | Apparatus and method for drop-down/lift-up boat mounted on marine vessel The present invention provides an apparatus and method of a dock system for launch and recovery of a stowed boat, which is capable of launching and recovering the boat during navigation of a marine vessel at a high headway speed. The launch and recovery apparatus ha... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7757622 | Transfer of wheeled objects According to the invention, a system is provided for connecting two vessels to each other or for connecting a vessel to a land-based structure for the transfer of objects. The system according to the invention comprises at least one projecting body adapted for attac... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7685957 | Mission module ship design A ship has interchangeable mission modules. For example, a ship has a frame with a mission-module bay disposed therein. The bay is operable to receive a mission module having a mission-module system and an interface that facilitates the coupling between the mission-... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7621230 | Carrier and flow-through ship A method and apparatus for cargo transfer at sea, more particularly, a flow-through vessel and related method for the at-sea and underway launching and loading of air-cushion vehicles. The vessel includes a hull having a forward end and an aft end, a continuous deck... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7509919 | Deep water installation vessel An installation vessel has upper and lower decks (40, 50) that are vertically spaced about 3 meters apart, with most of the lower deck covered by the upper one, but with a rear portion (60) of the lower deck being uncovered. The upper deck is used prim... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7327286 | Marine vessel monitoring system The marine vessel monitoring system of the present invention enables marine vessel owners to monitor their vessels when they are unable or unavailable to personally do so. The system of the present invention provides an efficient method for inspecting and repairing ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311469 | Floating lowering and lifting device A floating lowering and lifting device (1) includes a floating structure (2) and a lifting unit (3) lowerable from the floating structure (2) towards the sea bed, the lifting unit (3) having a chamber (5) with at least one g... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7296528 | Angled landing platform A platform for providing an interface between a host vessel and ship-to-shore craft has a water buoyant surface that is transportable on the host vessel, an angled deck within the surface, an inner and outer ramp, and an inner and outer deck of different deck height... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276808 | Tower for a wind power station Disclosed is a tower for a wind power station comprising a machine pod disposed on the tower and a rotor mounted on the machine pod so as to be rotatable about an essentially horizontal axis. Said rotor is provided with at least one blade. The tower is composed of a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7195301 | Roll up ramp system A roll up ramp system facilitates transition between a first elevation and a second, higher elevation. The roll up ramp system includes a securement device temporarily connecting a roll up ramp to the second, higher elevation. Further included by the roll up ramp sy... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191724 | Method and system for mission module swapping in a vessel A method for outfitting a vessel such as a water ship for a particular mission includes maneuvering the vessel toward a mission module, capturing the mission module with the vessel, and coupling the mission module to the vessel. Such method allows one to interchange... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192240 | Roll up ramp system A roll up ramp system facilitates transition between a first elevation and a second higher elevation. The roll up ramp system includes a plurality of load-bearing links connected to one another having top and bottom faces and being comprised of at least one load-bea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7152548 | Boat with dive elevator A boat comprises an elevator and a boat hull having a deck and defining a dive opening. The dive opening extends vertically from the deck to the water and defines an enclosed passageway having upper and lower openings. Depending on the dive opening's location in the... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032530 | Submarine air bag launch assembly An air bag launch assembly is disclosed which allows for modular loading onto a submarine, the launch of weapons or vehicles external to the submarine pressure hull, while also achieving greater packing density. The air bag launch assembly includes a large, watertig... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025534 | Marine seismic surveying A method of performing a seismic survey of a hydrocarbon reservoir in the earth formations beneath a body of water includes deploying a seismic cable from a drum carried by a remotely operated vehicle on the seabed. The cable is deployed into a lined trench, which i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6957929 | Single and dual reel flying lead deployment apparatus The flying lead deployment apparatus with one reel assembly is made of a frame assembly; a reel assembly with flying lead disposed in the frame assembly adapted to rotate to distribute the flying lead; a first ROV-flying lead interface connected to the frame assembl... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935262 | Method for lowering an object to an underwater installation site using an ROV The method for lowering an object to an underwater installation site, wherein a submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV) having at least one thruster for providing lateral thrust is interconnectable to an object, entails providing a vessel, having a winch and sus... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932016 | Vortex-assisted pressure control at inlet of underwater launch system A vortex-assisted pressure control system is provided for controlling fluid flow into an inlet formed in a vehicle where such fluid flow into the inlet occurs during vehicle movement. Vortex generator(s) is (are) positioned forward of the inlet with respect to forwa... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932326 | Method for lifting and transporting a heavy load using a fly-jib The invention is a method for lifting and transporting a heavy load by using a heavy lift vessel with at least two heavy lift cranes adapted to operate simultaneously; mounting fly-jibs on the heavy lift crane to increase reach and height of the heavy lift crane; pi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6907326 | Autonomous surf zone line charge deployment system A system and method autonomously clears obstacles and mines from an approach lane. A ship is distantly located from an approach lane spanning a surf zone and beach portion, and the ship has operator control station software in an onboard computer. At least one syste... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854410 | Underwater investigation system using multiple unmanned vehicles An unmanned system for investigating underwater regions utilizes an unmanned mothership and a plurality of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The mothership transports the UUVs to and from the vicinity of an underwater region, releases the UUVs into the water, and... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843198 | Transport, launch and recovery craft A transport, launch and recovery marine craft is provided that is capable of transporting, deploying and retrieving cargo at sea, either while idle or while underway. A hinged well deck selectively lowers the cargo into the water, and lifts the cargo out of the wate... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840188 | Towed transport, launch and recovery raft A towed raft has a generally U-shaped floating frame and a spine and rib assembly that substantially define a receiving area configured to receive a marine vessel substantially through an open end of the floating frame. At least one lifting device is mounted to said... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6796261 | Subsea deployable drum for laying lines A method of deploying a subsea line utilizes a subsea deployment unit. A drum wrapped with the line is mounted to the unit. The unit is lowered on a cable into the sea from a surface vessel. An ROV is lowered on an umbilical into the sea and brought into engagement ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6779475 | Launch and recovery system for unmanned underwater vehicles A launch and recovery system for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) includes a watercraft with a stern endwall movable between a vertical position and a ramp position that is angled downward toward the water surface. A storage platform mounted on the watercraft and ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6752100 | Apparatuses and methods of deploying and installing subsea equipment The invention describes a cost-effective alternative for deploying and installing subsea equipment using a workboat or other vessel of opportunity. The equipment is not supported directly by the vessel, but is instead supported by one or more buoys below the wave zo... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6637479 | System for offshore transfer of liquefield natural gas A system for transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between two vessels (1, 2). The system comprises a coupling head (7) mounted at one end of a flexible pipe means (4) and arranged for attachment on a platform (19) at one end of one vessel (1) when it i... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6550411 | Method for removing a jacket of a drilling or production rig and vessel provided with a device therefor A method for removing a jacket of a drilling or production rig using a vessel provided with a deck includes manoeuvring the vessel close to the jacket, hoisting the jacket, and tilting the jacket relative to a tilting point located close to an edge of the... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539887 | Bus to boat passenger transfer facility The invention is a integrated operation using buses to pick up passengers at outlying locations, transfer the passengers to a monorail system for ferrying the passengers to a floating dock structure where the passengers connect to a riverboat for using ri... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536992 | Dock structure with adjustable fixtures An improved modular dock structure with adjustable fixtures. Structural members are shown having one or more retention channels for cooperating with captive mounting structures various fixtures. Fixtures are adjustably mounted to the structural members us... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6485343 | Dynamic positioning dock-loading buoy (DPDL-buoy) and method for use of such a DPDL-buoy A loading device for marine transfer of fluids, via a flexible loading hose, from a petroleum production platform to an ordinary tanker vessel has a main hull which includes a submerged hull and a structure resting on the submerged hull an rising above th... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6457432 | Self-propelled apparatus for gripping, locking in position and moving underwater craft and the like Apparatus for gripping and moving underwater craft and the like (101,102) comprising a crane (103) mounted on-board a ship (100) and provided with articulated arms (1, 2) and a crane cable (214), said crane being connected at its free end to a device (200... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6367522 | Suspended marina/watercraft fueling system and method A system and method for the safe conveyance of fuel from the shore to a floating watercraft refueling dock. A cable is stretched between a floating dock to a cable support structure on the shore which contains a reel for adjusting the length of the cable ... | 04/09/2002 |
