Ships inventions 05/09

20090133612 - Dynamic motion suppression of riser, umbilical and jumper lines: Dynamic motion decoupling and damping is achieved with the use of mass, added mass, buoyancy, submerged weight and drag in arbitrary locations on catenary and/or tensioned lines. The original line configuration may or may not be modified. Novel, drag and added mass enhancing devices effective in all directions can be... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090133613 - Stable maritime platform: Systems and methods for a stable maritime helicopter platform are disclosed. In one embodiment, a ship that may be converted into a spar buoy includes a flipping mechanism to convert the ship to the spar buoy, a takeoff and landing platform for helicopters and other VTOL vehicles, and an actuation... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090133614 - Water skimmer: A small outboard motor powered boat comprises a hull undersurface that defines a generally flat central section, with two generally parallel-sided pontoons extending rearwardly from an upturned bow to a point about half the length of the hull aft. A stern rake section begins at a transverse line near the... Agent: Michael De Angeli Michael M. De Angeli, P.C.

20090133615 - Boat with a peripheral float, particularly inflatable life raft: The invention relates to a boat (1) with a general contour defined by a periphery of predetermined shape and comprising a float (2) closed on itself along the periphery and formed by at least one floating tube (3); this tube is longer than this periphery and extends locally within the... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090126612 - Waterwheel: An undershot waterwheel is described. The waterwheel has a rotational axis and paddles rotatable about the rotational axis. At least one paddle comprises a blade that is curved when viewed parallel to the rotational axis. Optionally, the waterwheel may be mounted on a watercraft.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090126614 - High performance rudder for ships: A high performance full spade rudder for ships includes a rudder blade, a rudder trunk and a rudder post. The rudder blade widens from the leading edge to a central area which constitutes the widest point of the rudder profile. The rudder blade profile tapers from the central area to... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090126613 - Rudder for ships: A rudder for ships comprising a rudder blade which has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The rudder blade has two superimposed rudder blade sections, the leading edge sections and/or the trailing edge sections of which are offset such that the one leading edge section and/or the one trailing... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090126615 - Moring cleat: An automatically and remotely operable retractable mooring cleat. The retractable cleat is mountable in a surface, such as the deck (80), of a marine vessel. A source of motive energy forms part of an actuation mechanism energisable by a user to extend or retract cleat members (1,2) from the surface.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090126617 - Docking and drilling stations for running self-standing risers and conducting drilling, production and storage operations: A sea vessel exploration and production system is provided, wherein the system includes a drilling station formed from at least one section of a first sea vessel hull; and a docking station, which is also formed from at least one section of a second sea vessel hull. A mooring system... Agent: Raymond R. Ferrera

20090126616 - Offshore floating production, storage, and off-loading vessel for use in ice-covered and clear water applications: An offshore floating production, storage, and off-loading vessel has a monolithic non ship-shaped hull of polygonal configuration surrounding a central double tapered conical moon pool and contains water ballast and oil storage compartments. The exterior side walls of the hull have flat surfaces and sharp corners to cut ice sheets,... Agent: Kenneth A. Roddy

20090126618 - Air cavity vessel: A vessel (1) comprising a hull (2) with a stern (5), bow (7) and bottom (3), an air cavity (6) formed at the bottom (3) of the hull (2) and comprising a cavity top surface (27), a front wall (28) and a front section (10) located nearest to the bow... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan Transition Team C/o Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

20090126619 - Assembly for deploying a payload from a submarine: A submarine (1) has an assembly (3) for deploying a life raft (5), the assembly (3) being located in a well (7) formed outside the submarine's pressure hull (11). The assembly includes a pressure vessel (4) for storing the life raft (5) in a pressurized state. To deploy underwater, a... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090126620 - Device for lifting, supporting, transporting and unloading a kayak or canoe: A device for lifting, supporting, transporting and unloading a kayak, comprising, engagement means for releasably and securely engaging the coaming of the kayak support means for stably supporting the engagement means and engaged kayak on an individual's shoulders and rotation means in engagement with the support means and the engagement... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr. Harding, Early, Follmer & Frailey

20090120341 - Cuddy cabin vessel with separate privacy enclosure: A privacy enclosure separate from the vessel hold and having at least one entranceway accessible from outside the hold of the vessel.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090120342 - Roll motion damping device for a floating body: The present disclosure relates to techniques for reducing roll motion experienced by a floating vessel. The disclosure reveals several different techniques for damping roll motion, which may be used alone or in conjunction to stabilize a floating vessel. A typical disclosed embodiment of a roll motion damping device would employ... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090120343 - Propulsion and steering arrangement for a ship: The invention relates to a steering and propulsion arrangement for a ship. The inventive steering and propulsion arrangement comprises a screw propeller 3 and a rudder 6. A streamlined propulsion bulb 10 is made integral with or fixedly connected to the rudder. The invention also relates to a ship 2... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090120344 - Floating dock: A floating dock for supporting a personal watercraft out of the water when not in use. The floating dock comprises an elongate platform having a recess on its upper surface. The recess is shaped to receive the hull of the personal watercraft and has a forward wall portion for engaging... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090120345 - Floating wind turbine installation: A method for coordinating a floating wind turbine installation. The wind turbine installation comprises a buoyant body (1), a tower (2) arranged over the buoyant body, a generator (3) mounted on the tower which is rotatable in relation to the wind direction and fitted with a wind rotor (4), and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090120346 - Self-propelled hydrofoil device with flexible steering assembly: A self-propelled hydrofoil device that includes a front foil, a rear foil, a user platform, a steering shaft and a frame that couples these components. The steering shaft preferably has a top section and a lower section, the top section being substantially rigid and the lower section being flexible relative... Agent: Steven J. Adamson, PC

20090120347 - Ship bow: The invention relates to a ship's bow with a central inclined plane area and starboard and port catamaran-like runners laterally thereto, the inclined plane area and runners in the midships direction pass roughly into a fictional keel line. The aim is to create such a ship's bow which, whilst being... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090120348 - Bodyboard with hull and planar sections: An improved bodyboard and bodyboard shape are presented. The bodyboard includes both a hull section and a planar section formed in the bottom surface of the bodyboard. The bodyboard presented herein provides a hydrodynamically-shaped object that allows a rider to ride waves, typically in a prone or kneeling position on... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090114142 - Vessel for transport of compressed natural gas: P

20090114134 - Pedestal for a sailing boat: A pedestal (1) for a sailing boat comprises a casing (2) and inside such a casing (2): at least one driving wheel (11a, 11b) associated with a motion input shaft (3), at least one driven wheel (12a, 12b) associated with a motion output shaft (4) and at least one motion... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20090114135 - Asymmetrical sail fabric: A sailcloth in roll good form permits efficient and cost effective construction of cross cut and vertical cut, laminate sails based on “off-angle,” (assymetrical) load bearing fibers. The sailcloth also may include a conventional warp and fill thread or fiber layout. Such sailcloth illustratively is significantly less susceptible to load... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090114136 - Vessel stabilization apparatus and method: A method for controlling the motion of marine vessel (10) comprises mounting a gyroscope (12) in a gimbal and fixing the gimbal inside the vessel. In one arrangement, a trunnion axis (18) of the gimbal is mounted athwart the vessel (10). Sensors (20) are mounted at various locations on the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090114137 - Ship: A ship for use at high speed and/or heavy seas having a single long and slender hull, a sharp bow and the aft end of the hull has a flat or slightly V-shaped bottom with at least one aft rudder, and at least one propeller or water jet for propulsion... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090114138 - Aquatic device: An aquatic device (10) for providing manoeuvrability to a user (11) moving in water. The aquatic device (10) may be propelled through the water in any appropriate way, such as by being towed through the water or propelled through the water by the user (11). The aquatic device (10) comprises... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090114139 - Dual column semisubmersible for offshore application: A dual column semisubmersible floating platform for use in offshore applications has a hull configuration including vertical support columns, pontoon structures connecting the lower ends of the vertical support columns, and a deck structure supported at an upper end of the columns. The vertical columns are arranged in pairs with... Agent: Philip Poll Houston Offshore Engineering

20090114140 - Subsea operations support system: An underwater operations support system facilitates underwater exploration, monitoring, maintenance and construction operations associated with development of natural resources. The operations support system may include energy generation subsystems, energy accumulation subsystems, communication subsystems, docking stations, repair and maintenance robots, housings for divers, and video subsystems. Supported equipment includes ROVs, HROVs,... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20090114141 - Double-layer boat hull structure: A boat hull structure includes an inner layer formed of multiple inner plates each having two mounting flanges at two sides, an outer layer formed of multiple outer plates each having two mounting flanges at two sides, multiple spacer plates connected between the mounting flanges of each two adjacent inner... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm