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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4654015 | Mooring installation An offshore terminal of the type which includes a dedicated vessel which rigidly supports a transfer structure beyond one end of the vessel, and with the transfer structure held by catenary chains to the sea floor. The transfer structure lies very close t... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4650431 | Quick disconnect storage production terminal An offshore terminal is described, of the type which includes a dedicated vessel that supports a transfer structure loosely anchored as by several chains, and a fluid conduit structure that extends from the sea floor through the transfer structure to the ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4317474 | Mooring terminal for transferring difficult cargo A mooring and cargo transfer terminal is described, for use in transferring a fluid such as LNG (liquified natural gas) which is supercooled and therefore likely to cause severe icing of pipes and joints. The terminal includes a table support in the form ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4310937 | Mooring terminal with top mounted fluid swivel A mooring and cargo transfer terminal is described, of the type which includes a buoy held at a predetermined height above the seabed as by a single anchor leg, to moor a ship which can drift in rotation about the buoy while a floating hose structure carr... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4309955 | Riser-to-vessel-mooring-terminal A SALM (single anchor leg mooring) terminal is described, of the type which includes apparatus mounted on the moored vessel for applying tension to the anchor leg so as to avoid the need for a large float at its upper end, which is of simple and reliable ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4254523 | Mooring installation An offshore terminal of the type which includes a dedicated vessel which rigidly supports a transfer structure beyond one end of the vessel, and with the transfer structure held by catenary chains to the sea floor. The transfer structure lies very close t... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4138751 | Removable fluid swivel for mooring terminals For the purpose of mooring a vessel in deep water, as well as to load or discharge a fluid cargo from the vessel, mooring terminals consisting of a buoy anchored to the seabed or a column coupled to the bottom are used. Hoses transfer fluid between the ve... | 02/13/1979 |
