Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Volion

Daniel J. Volion 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).

  • Guide tower mounted crane for a jack-up platform
    Patent number: 4652177
    Abstract: A new and improved crane adapted to be rotatably mounted about the guide tower of a vertically movable leg of an offshore jack-up platform. In one form, the crane is mounted for rotation about the leg tower section on a bearing tube having a thrust bearing interposed between a tower section flange and the lower end of the bearing tube. In a second form, the crane is mounted about the leg tower section utilizing upper rollers and hook rollers coacting with a support flange mounted with the tower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Crown Point Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert W. Gunther, Jr., Albert W. Gunther, Sr., Daniel J. Volion