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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7685954 | High speed, multi-unit, articulated surface effect ship A multi segment articulated Surface Effect Ship. Flexible air seals are formed between hull modules with a gas cushion contained between the side hulls under the entire length of the ship. In one embodiment the cushion formed may act as one continuous gas cushion wh... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685955 | Ship and associated methods of formation and operation A ship and associated methods of formation and operation. In an example embodiment, a ship comprises a vessel for attachment to a second vessel. The vessel may comprise a catamaran hull including first and second parallel sides extending from a fore portion of the v... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7610870 | Interlocking platform boats Platform boats intended to be used for motorized boating and for forming-up with adjacent similar boats to form a continuous and contiguous mat of boats for socializing, fishing etc. The adjacent boats interlock and form an array of such boats all interlocked with o... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7487735 | Interchangable superstructures and hulls for ocean going vessels An ocean going vessel with interchangeable superstructure and hull in which the superstructure has control units for controlling propulsion and steering, as well as components for communication and navigation. The superstructure and the hull each have an interface p... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7398740 | Multi-mission/purpose ground-effect craft derived from a common modular platform A multi-mission/purpose ground-effect craft is provided which is derived from a common modular platform which includes a hull; an inner floor structure adapted to be installed over the hull; a body adapted to be attached to at least one of the top surface of the hul... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373892 | Production, transport and use of prefabricated components in shoreline and floating structures Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7320289 | Autonomous swimming cargo containers The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for delivery of commercial cargo containers shore side without container terminals. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7293522 | Roller assembly for floating dock A roller assembly facilitates travel of a watercraft hull on a floating dock having a longitudinal, keel-receiving valley with a pair of flanking ridges supporting opposite sides of the hull during docking and launching of the craft. Pockets in the ridges contain wh... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267072 | Dry cargo submarine with air-charge cargo hold Submarines with air-charged cargo holds are provided. The pressurize hull of a traditional submarine's cargo hold is replaced by non-pressurized hull, which lowers costs for transporting dry cargo and solves strength and seal problems raised when providing large ope... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246566 | Combination surface and submersible watercraft A modular watercraft capable of both surface and submersible accommodation and transport of passengers. In one embodiment of the submersible watercraft of this invention, the hull comprises air bladders, thereby avoiding the engineering complexity, weight and cost o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237500 | Hull construction for side hulls of trimaran and the like An amah for a high speed seagoing multi hulled vessel, the amah having sides extending upwardly and outwardly from a base line, the sides having longitudinally extending vertically spaced stiffeners, the bow of the amah including a plate field comprising a plurality... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231880 | Vessel with a multi-mode hull A ship having a multi-mode hull where the draft, seakeeping, and payload-carrying capacity are varied to match the requirements of the required mission. For example, the ship has a hull with first and second hull portions and with an interconnecting hull structure, ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219613 | Reconfigurable attack and reconnaissance vessel II A reconfigurable marine vessel is disclosed. The marine vessel includes an upper hull, two propulsion hulls, and two struts for coupling the propulsion hulls to the upper hull. The struts are segmented and are capable of reconfiguring the marine vessel. The upper hu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7117810 | Platform structure The invention relates to a floating platform (1) for offshore drilling or production of hydrocarbons, comprising a topsides (2) and a substructure (3) having a lower pontoon (4) and columns (5) connecting the pontoon (4) to ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100261 | Liquefied natural gas storage tank Substantially rectangular-shaped tanks are provided for storing liquefied gas, which tanks are especially adapted for use on land or in combination with bottom-supported offshore structure such as gravity-based structures (GBS). A tank according to this invention is... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096811 | Autonomous swimming cargo containers The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for delivery of commercial cargo containers shore side without container terminals. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7069872 | Floating drive-on-watercraft dock A floating drive-on watercraft dock comprises a one-piece molded body defining a watercraft receiving area. The watercraft receiving area includes roller assemblies on the bottom of the watercraft receiving area and glide assemblies on the sides of the watercraft re... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066104 | Marine vessel structural interface One embodiment of a structural interface for a marine vessel includes a first plate having a recess for receiving an alignment projection therein and a first block manufactured of a first, sacrificial material, and a second plate having an outwardly extending alignm... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7029350 | Sectionalized surfboard A sectionalized surfboard, which can be dismantled into sections and rejoined for use. The sections are joined using a vertically installed bolt or pin. The bolt or pin is inserted through holes in metal plates mounted securely to the stringer on one section and a t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7007620 | Modular ships for transporting and installing precast modular intermodal concrete shapes Novel precast concrete boxes are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and 6,491,473 to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, boathouses and the like. Novel methods of waterborne transpor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6973893 | Submarine guidance system A submersible vehicle comprising a plurality of rigid submersible vessels 2, 3, some of which, 2, include propulsion means and some of which, 3, do not include propulsion means, the rigid submersible vessels being coupled by resilient couplings ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968795 | Very large vessel construction A very large hydrocarbon production vessel (10) of at least 40,000 tons steel weight, is constructed without requiring a very long reserve time period in a very large dry dock. The hull of the vessel is constructed in at least three different hull sections, i... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957990 | Electric houseboat An electric houseboat comprises a hull and a house-like structure mounted on the hull which includes at least one bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. A Diesel generator comprises the sole power source for the houseboat. The operating temperature of the Diesel genera... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957619 | Hull having minimized wave-making characteristics A hull form is presented and dimensioned where the design parameters consist principally of the breadth of the hull at the waterline, taken at specific equal intervals along the length of the waterline. The waterline reference is that at which the vessel is intended... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6842665 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6752097 | Unitary plastic boat lift buoyancy tank A plastic rotationally molded polyethylene buoyancy tank for boat lifts allows connection of steel to lengthwise grooves molded into each side of the buoyancy tank. Preferably, a plastic bulkhead is formed within the tank during its molding process. A segment of fra... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6431099 | Sectioned ship This invention discloses a novel ship design especially suitable for ocean-going merchant vessels and oil tankers. A ship is rendered into two or more independent ship bodies, and these separate ship bodies are joined together by means of hinge; thus the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427615 | Modularized unmanned marine surface vehicle A modularized unmanned marine surface vehicle contains control section and propulsion section. The control section is composed of bow section, control cabin, probing module, communication module and conjunction module. The propulsion section contains an e... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6345581 | Modular pontoon boats A modular pontoon boat including a modular deck and modular pontoons is described. The modular deck includes interlocking portions. Each modular pontoon includes interlocking sections having locks and keys. The modular pontoon boat enables the length of t... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6302049 | Multi-use vessel A multi-use vessel designed to receive a variety of float-on modules that accommodate project specialty equipment and still allow the mother vessel to operate in the traditional construction mode. The vessel may be formed as a new construction or by conve... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6283057 | Boat with articulating bow and method for articulating the bow of a boat A boat with an articulating bow and a method for articulating the bow of a boat is provided which permits easier storage and transportation of the boat, without increasing the height of the boat when the bow is in its articulated open configuration, and t... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6263818 | Split monohull vessel A drilling or other offshore application vessel which can have the outward appearance and other characteristic of a monohull vessel, comprised of two or more sub-hulls each of which may be sailed as an independent ship through restrictive waterways which ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6223669 | Vessel having a standardized hull capable of having a plurality of optional and operational modular structures and method of construction therefor A vessel capable of having a plurality of the following structures and method of construction therefor are disclosed. The vessel comprises a hull including a cavity for receiving a plurality of containers. The vessel has one or more of the following featu... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6162105 | Two-part ship for use in oil transport in arctic waters A two-part vessel for use in oil transport in waters where ice may occur, comprising a first part constituting a barge part having a bow portion and a stern portion and containing a number of loading tanks, the bow portion having a submerged receiving spa... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6125780 | Floating barge-platform and method of assembly A stable floating barge-platform for offshore operations and a method for assembling same. The barge-platform is assembled from a plurality of substantially identical, buoyant modules, all of which have substantially the same outer configuration. The buoy... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6012406 | Portable seismic vessel A portable seismic vessel which is truck transportable to remote survey sites. The vessel is assembled with multiple self-contained, autonomous modules. Different modules provide crew quarters, dining facilities, propulsion, fuel and equipment storage. Th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5967072 | Deep draft-shallow draft cargo vessel A vessel which can convert from a deep draft configuration to a shallow draft configuration. The vessel would include a principal hull portion having an outer wall extending the length of the hull portion and defining an internal cargo holding space there... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5924377 | Modular enclosure system suitable for shipboard use A modular enclosure system particularly suited for use aboard a ship comprises a modular enclosure which is easily installed into and removed from an exoskeletal frame that is shock-mounted to a fixed surface, such as the deck of a ship. An enclosure is i... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915321 | Multihull navigating structure A multihull navigating structure, such as a catamaran, includes a floating base (10) comprising two hulls (12), means (14) to render integral the hulls, a motor (16) disposed in at least one of the hulls, fluid and electric power supply networks, a contro... | 06/29/1999 |
