Patents by Inventor KEITH DAVID CRUDEN

KEITH DAVID CRUDEN 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).

  • System and method for connection and installation of underwater lines
    Patent number: 8985219
    Abstract: A technique facilitates formation of subsea connections. A free portion of a stab plate connection system is moved into proximity with a fixed portion of the stab plate connection system at a subsea location. The free portion is initially engaged with the fixed portion via a docking probe. Subsequently, a local actuator is used to draw the free portion into an operating engagement with the fixed portion in which line couplers of the fixed portion are engaged with corresponding line couplers of the free portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: OneSubsea, LLC
    Inventor: Keith David Cruden
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTION AND INSTALLATION OF UNDERWATER LINES
    Publication number: 20120168168
    Abstract: A technique facilitates formation of subsea connections. A free portion of a stab plate connection system is moved into proximity with a fixed portion of the stab plate connection system at a subsea location. The free portion is initially engaged with the fixed portion via a docking probe. Subsequently, a local actuator is used to draw the free portion into an operating engagement with the fixed portion in which line couplers of the fixed portion are engaged with corresponding line couplers of the free portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: KEITH DAVID CRUDEN