86 patents
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Utility
Electro Oxidation Membrane Evaporator
11 Nov 20
Electro oxidation membrane evaporator 1 comprises sweep air handler 60; fluid tank 20 defining a fluid container; fluid contactor/separator 30; oxidation cell 40; and scrubber 80.
Tatsuya Arai, John Fricker
Filed: 7 May 20
Utility
Dual Disc Non-slam Nozzle Check Valve
11 Nov 20
Ring disc nozzle check valve 100 allows fluid flow in one direction and can act as a relief valve and comprises valve body 1 which defines valve body fluid passageways 20,22 therethrough; primary seat 2 disposed in valve body fluid passageways 20,22 proximate fluid inlet 30; primary disc 4 disposed in valve body fluid passageways 20,22 proximate fluid inlet 30 and in communication with primary seat 2; secondary disc 5 nested within valve body fluid passageways 20,22, where secondary disc 5 defines secondary seat 3 at a peripheral edge of primary disc 4; diffuser 8 disposed in the valve body fluid passageway 20 proximate fluid outlets 32a,32b; primary spring 10 disposed in valve body fluid passageways 20,22 and in communication with diffuser 8 and primary disc 4, where primary spring 10 is adapted to urge primary disc 4 to a closed position; primary shaft 6 disposed within valve body fluid passageway 22 intermediate diffuser 8 and secondary disc 5, where primary shaft 6 is in communication with diffuser 8 and adapted to support and guide primary disc 4 and allow fluid flow through primary shaft 6; secondary shaft 7 disposed within valve body fluid passageway 22 and configured to support and guide secondary disc 5; secondary spring 11 disposed intermediate secondary shaft 7 and secondary disc 5 and configured to urge secondary disc 5 to a closed position; inner body valve seat support 9, which may act as a retention ring, disposed proximate to fluid outlets 32a,32b and configured to do not disrupt fluid flow within ring disc nozzle check valve 100 as the fluid passes over primary disc 4 and/or secondary disc 5; and one or more fasteners 12 configured to secure retention ring 9 to valve body 1.
Nicholas Willem Kaars-Sijpesteijn
Filed: 7 May 20
Utility
Versatile Flying Lead (VFL) Termhead System
28 Oct 20
A versatile flying lead (VHL) termination head system comprises an underwater vehicle interface, an interface plate, a termination frame, and an adjuster, disposed proximate the termination frame's connection end, which is configured to provide a configurable declination angle which sets a hang-off angle of a device connected to the interface plate with respect to the underwater vehicle interface.
Ronald Lu, Jason Duncan, Sunil Prakash, Christopher Williams
Filed: 9 Jul 20
Utility
Underwater SCR lifting frame
26 Oct 20
An underwater steel catenary pipeline riser (SCR) lifting frame comprises a lift frame foundation and an SCR lifting frame comprising a lift frame interface adapted to be connected to the lift frame foundation; a foundation interface; a lift guide configured to accept the lift frame foundation; and a lift slidably disposed about the lift guide, the lift comprising an SCR pull head interface configured to be connected to an SCR pull head.
Walter Jack Couch
Filed: 18 Apr 19
Utility
Suspended Theater Edge Actuated Seat Moving Machine
14 Oct 20
A seat moving machine comprises a passenger seat assembly disposed in between opposing seat supports which raise and lower the passenger seat assembly.
Clifford Allen Jennings
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Suspended Theater With Edge Actuators
14 Oct 20
A suspended theater system uses a seat moving machine comprising a passenger seat assembly disposed in between opposing seat supports which raise and lower the passenger seat assembly.
Clifford Allen Jennings, Kenneth Kurtz, Justin Quillen, Jeremy Wall
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Suspended Theater Edge Actuated Seat Moving Machine
14 Oct 20
A seat moving machine comprises a passenger seat assembly disposed in between opposing seat supports which raise and lower the passenger seat assembly.
Clifford Allen Jennings, Kenneth Kurtz, Justin Quillen, Jeremy Wall
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Versatile flying lead (HFL) termhead system
12 Oct 20
A versatile flying lead (VHL) termination head system comprises an underwater vehicle interface, an interface plate, a termination frame, and an adjuster, disposed proximate the termination frame's connection end, which is configured to provide a configurable declination angle which sets a hang-off angle of a device connected to the interface plate with respect to the underwater vehicle interface.
Ronald Lu, Jason Duncan, Sunil Prakash, Christopher Williams
Filed: 19 Feb 19
Utility
Automated Guided Vehicle and Method of Use
26 Aug 20
A storage system comprises one or more automated guided vehicles, one or more centralized supervisory systems, one or more parts container storage spaces disposed within a defined two dimensional space comprising one or more addressable parts container spaces and parts bins which comprise a part identifier and which are configured to fit at least partially within the parts container storage space.
Steven Haveman, Joel Nap
Filed: 7 May 20
Utility
Automated Guided Vehicle and Method of Use
26 Aug 20
A storage system comprises one or more automated guided vehicles, one or more centralized supervisory systems, one or more parts container storage spaces disposed within a defined two dimensional space comprising one or more addressable parts container spaces and parts bins which comprise a part identifier and which are configured to fit at least partially within the parts container storage space.
Steven Haveman, Joel Nap
Filed: 7 May 20
Utility
Composite circular connector seal and method of use
24 Aug 20
A composite circular connector seal, or an assembly comprising a plurality of such seals, may be engineered to seal across a predetermined tolerance band for such seals by using two substantially circular seal elements sized to slidingly fit about a tubular that has a positive and negative outer diameter tolerance range, where each seal element is terminated at one circumferential edge with a packer cap, and a core element disposed intermediate the two substantially circular seal elements at their respective non-packer cap terminated circumferential edges.
Thomas H. Nguyen, Forrest Earl Shanks, II, Douglas Allen Watkins, William David Wightman
Filed: 12 Apr 16
Utility
Inspection of grouting between monopile and transition piece on offshore wind turbines
17 Aug 20
An inspection system may be deployed as part of a routine crew transfer diving (“CTV”) or service operation vessel (SOV) deployment to perform inspections for analyses which can be conducted while carrying out other inspection tasks.
Rajashekar Venkatachalam, Nate Dieringer, Todd Newell
Filed: 8 Nov 18
Utility
Flexible riser insulation removal tool for ultrasonic test inspection
6 May 20
A tool can be used remove one or more outer layers of a tubular such as a flexible pipeline to enable an inspection on the remaining layers of the flexible pipeline.
Daniel J. Scoville, Ryan Bradley, Abhishek Shukla
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
Subsea Slip-on Pipeline Repair Connector with Graphite Packing
6 May 20
A tubular connection system comprises a slip sized to fit about an outer diameter of a tubular, one or more pipeline connectors sized to fit within a tubular housing and comprising a graphite packer and a set of slip limiting rings disposed on either the first side or the second side of the graphite packer against the graphite packer's first C-shaped ring or the second C-shaped ring, and a connector activator operatively in communication with the tubular housing and operative to compress or decompress the first graphite packer.
Matthew Charles, Chen Cheng, Prashant Kamdar
Filed: 18 Dec 19
Utility
Subsea automated ultrasonic testing
4 May 20
A condition of a flexible pipeline may be monitored by scanning a section of the flexible pipeline with an ultrasonic scanner and using the ultrasonic scanner to produce a first ultrasonic signal that penetrates the section of the flexible pipeline and is used to create a set of condition data indicative of a condition present near or within an annulus of the flexible pipeline, the condition comprising pressure on or within the flexible pipeline.
James Dennett, Christopher Cull, Robert Jenkins, Abhishek Shukla
Filed: 19 May 19
Utility
Trip Avoidance X-ray Inspection
15 Apr 20
A trip avoidance X-ray inspection system, typically defining a specialized system that delivers pulsed X-rays, comprises one or more pulse X-ray cameras, each comprising a known set of effects on nucleonic instrumentation; a predetermined set of such shielded X-ray sources; a predetermined set of nucleonic instrumentation operatively in communication with one or more pulse X-ray cameras; and a digital radiography detector adapted to allow, process, or otherwise create an X-ray produced image when disposed proximate predetermined set of nucleonic instrumentation.
James Reid McNab
Filed: 14 Oct 19
Utility
Vessel Hull Cleaning Apparatus and Method
22 Jan 20
The invention relates to an apparatus and related method for cleaning vessel hulls and other subsea structures at sea.
Jeffery Neal Ledda, Bruce Brian Brown, George Kotula, Thomas Knight Tolman, Gary Wieboldt, Christopher Embree Wong
Filed: 25 Jul 19
Utility
Over-the-Stern Deep Digging Trenching Plow with Instrumentation for Assessing the Protective Capabilities of a Seabed Trench
22 Jan 20
A seabed trenching plow has a chassis, a sled and a towing assembly.
Michael W. N. Wilson
Filed: 25 Jul 19
Utility
Seabed backfill plow and method
30 Dec 19
A BAS plow creates a V-trench along the linear route of a pipeline path and an instrumented bottle moving with the BAS plow collects BAS data indicative of the pitch, roll, heading, yaw, three dimensional positioning, speed and depth of the chassis, the shearing force applied to the seabed material and the applied tow force.
Michael W. N. Wilson
Filed: 21 Aug 16
Utility
Autonomous ROVs with offshore power source that can return to recharge
30 Dec 19
A resident remotely operated vehicle may be deployed subsea by deploying a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) (200) configured to be disposed and remain resident subsea for an extended time where the ROV comprises an ROV electrical power connector port (202) to be operatively connected to an electrical power supply (700) dedicated to the ROV.
Thomas Chance, Kevin Francis Kerins, Christopher S. Mancini, Peter Andrew Robert Moles
Filed: 16 Mar 17