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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357375 | Deployment and recovery system for self deployed multi-function imaging sensors The invention enables the routine remote deployment of multi-function sensors from unmanned air ground platforms, such that a special assembly containing one sensor can be mounted and operated by remote control. The invention includes a circular frame with attached ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7305929 | Two piece view port and light housing with swivel light The present invention is a view port suitable for installation under the water line of a vessel wherein the view port comprises a flange made from a corrosion resistant material and a body made from a heat resistant material. An alternative embodiment of the inventi... | 12/11/2007 |
| H2163 | Guided thrust maneuvered shipboard crane A floating object is attached to a shipboard hoisting crane through its attachment device under high seawave conditions, by maintaining alignment of the crane attachment device under maneuvering thrust control with a location on the floating object during lowering o... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5667341 | Apparatus for signal and data transmission for controlling and monitoring underwater pile drivers, cut-off equipment and similar work units Signals and data for controlling and monitoring underwater ramming and cutting-off machinery (1) or the like are transmitted from above the water surface to submerged underwater machinery (1) by transmission lines bound in an umbilical cable (4). These li... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5458386 | Golfball retrieval device A device for retrieving submerged golfballs comprising a telescoping, elongated member having a golfball scoop at one end. An underwater viewing device having a lens is secured to the elongated bar to enable a submerged golfball to be seen from outside th... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5374092 | Gemstone/small object retriever A handheld device used for the location and retrieval of gemstones and other small objects from jewelry cleaners, specifically, from ultrasonic jewelry cleaners. A device consisting of a hollow sighting shaft (1), a transparent lens (2), and a resilient "... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5145227 | Electromagnetic attachment mechanism An electromagnetic attachment mechanism for use as an end effector of a remote manipulator system. A pair of electromagnets 15A, 15B, each with a U-shaped magnetic core with a pull-in coil 34 and two holding coils 35,36 are mounted by a spring suspension ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5067013 | Procedure and apparatus for locating a container for lifting A procedure and apparatus for locating a shipping container to enable a container crane, or other similar container, handling equipment, to be moved into position for the loading device of the container crane to be interlocked with the container, and ther... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4573725 | Remote controlled crane hook coupler A remote operable coupler for rapidly connecting the loading hook of a crane, or the like, to a load to be hoisted comprises a load collar that is attached to the load and an upper unit support on the crane hook. The load collar has a funnel shaped apertu... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4502407 | Method and apparatus for cleaning, viewing and documenting the condition of weldments on offshore platforms A subsea platform inspection vehicle on a power tether cable adapted to be propelled through the water and lock onto an underwater member of a platform adjacent a welded joint and provided with a jet to clean a weld and a television camera to observe the ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4395005 | Apparatus for remotely indicating alignment of male and female members A spacecraft support cradle structure includes a keel rod which depends from its lower extremity and which mates with a female receptacle in the base of a cargo bay of a launch vehicle. An illuminating cable and an imaging cable made of optical fibers coa... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4365268 | Video planter guidance aid A tractor-planter guidance aid system including a TV camera mounted on a servo motor at an end of the planter to view a mark in the terrain created by a marker mounted on the other end of the planter. Angle sensors send signals to a control circuit, these... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4253697 | Remote retriever with interchangeable head The invention comprises a retrieving instrument featuring a snap-lock handle connected to one end of a flexible cable, the other end of which has a releasible gripping head which may be mechanically or electromagnetically operated, there being an actuatio... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4214842 | Remotely controlled maneuverable tool means and method for positioning the end of a pipe string in offshore well operations A maneuverable tool means for continuously maneuvering and controlling a pipe string end as it is lowered for engagement with a selected well part at the sea floor. The tool means comprises a body member attachable to the pipe string end, the body member ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4151983 | Crane grab apparatus Systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for disposing of radioactive waste materials by placing them into a container such as a steel drum, together with cement or other solidifying agent and water or other suitable liquid in amount sufficient to pro... | 05/01/1979 |
| 3972420 | Crane apparatus Systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed for disposing of radioactive waste materials by placing them into a container such as a steel drum, together with cement or other solidifying agent and water or other suitable liquid in amount sufficient to pro... | 08/03/1976 |
