Patents by Inventor Arle Martinus Schenkel

Arle Martinus Schenkel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for coupling an offshore structure to a hoisting block of a hoisting installation
    Patent number: 9221654
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for coupling an offshore structure (1), such as a jacket leg of an offshore platform, to a hoisting block (19) of a hoisting installation (13), preferably a floating hoisting installation. The present invention is also related to a hoisting block provided with a first coupling part of a system according to the invention and to an offshore structure provided with a second coupling part of a system according to the invention. The present invention is further related to a method for coupling a jacket of an offshore platform comprising a number of jacket legs to hoisting blocks suspended from hoisting cables (17) of a hoisting installation, wherein each jacket leg is coupled to a hoisting block according to the method for coupling a jacket leg of an offshore platform to a hoisting block suspended from hoisting cables of a hoisting installation according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Societe d'Exploitation du Pieter Schelte N.V.
    Inventors: Mathijs Joannes van der Schans, Arle Martinus Schenkel
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COUPLING AN OFFSHORE STRUCTURE TO A HOISTING BLOCK OF A HOISTING INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20140112737
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for coupling an offshore structure (1), such as a jacket leg of an offshore platform, to a hoisting block (19) of a hoisting installation (13), preferably a floating hoisting installation. The present invention is also related to a hoisting block provided with a first coupling part of a system according to the invention and to an offshore structure provided with a second coupling part of a system according to the invention. The present invention is further related to a method for coupling a jacket of an offshore platform comprising a number of jacket legs to hoisting blocks suspended from hoisting cables (17) of a hoisting installation, wherein each jacket leg is coupled to a hoisting block according to the method for coupling a jacket leg of an offshore platform to a hoisting block suspended from hoisting cables of a hoisting installation according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DU PIETER SCHELTE N.V.
    Inventors: Mathijs Joannes van der Schans, Arle Martinus Schenkel