Patents by Inventor Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm 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).
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Patent number: 10843776Abstract: A buoyant structure having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd.Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10494060Abstract: A petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Jurong Shipyard Pte LtdInventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10494064Abstract: A floating driller having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above the water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the floating driller.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Jurong Shipyard Pte LtdInventors: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm, John Williams Beck, III
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Patent number: 10450038Abstract: A continuous vertical tubular handling and hoisting buoyant structure has a hull, a main deck, an upper neck extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, an intermediate neck, a lower neck that extends from the intermediate neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section is located below the upper neck and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure. An automated stand building system mounted to the hull is in communication with a controller and configured to make up the marine risers, make up casing, and make up drill pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Jurong Shipyard Pte LtdInventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10300993Abstract: A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20190152569Abstract: A floating driller having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above the water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the floating driller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20190077488Abstract: A petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck section, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck section, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of a bottom surface. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the petroleum drilling, production, storage and offloading vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20190016418Abstract: A continuous vertical tubular handling and hoisting buoyant structure has a hull, a main deck, an upper neck extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, an intermediate neck, a lower neck that extends from the intermediate neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section is located below the upper neck and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure. An automated stand building system mounted to the hull is in communication with a controller and configured to make up the marine risers, make up casing, and make up drill pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10167060Abstract: A buoyant structure with a hull, a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a generally rounded keel; a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel. In embodiments, the keel has a first frame extending from the keel and a first keel extension connected to the first frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10160521Abstract: A buoyant structure contains a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower ellipsoidal section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the keel having the n-polytope shape, and a plurality of columns connected between the keel having the n-polytope shape and the main deck forming one or more tunnels between the plurality of columns.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10160520Abstract: A buoyant structure contains a hull. The hull has a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of an exterior of the keel, and an offloading device slidably connected to an outside surface of the hull configured for rotating around an outer circumference of the hull.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10160519Abstract: A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck. The hull further contains a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel, the fin shaped appendage having a shape selected from the group consisting of: a triangular shape, a hump shape and a pair of connected triangular projections shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10112685Abstract: A buoyant structure having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Jurong Shipyard PTE LTD.Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Patent number: 10093394Abstract: A method for offshore floating petroleum production, storage and offloading comprising receiving hydrocarbons from at least one of an FPSO, production risers, or wellhead on the seabed by a floating hull; processing received hydrocarbons forming hydrocarbon product in the floating hull; storing the hydrocarbon product in the floating hull; and offloading the stored hydrocarbon product. The floating hull contains a hull plan view that is circular and wherein the floating hull has a bottom surface, a top deck surface, at least three connected sections, joined in series and symmetrically configured about a vertical axis with the connected sections extending downwardly from the top deck surface toward the bottom surface. The at least three connected sections contain an upper cylindrical portion, a lower conical section, a cylindrical neck section, and a set of fins secured to the hull configured to provide hydrodynamic performance through linear and quadratic damping.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd.Inventors: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm, John William Beck, III
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Publication number: 20180194438Abstract: A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20180194437Abstract: A buoyant structure contains a hull. The hull has a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of an exterior of the keel, and an offloading device slidably connected to an outside surface of the hull configured for rotating around an outer circumference of the hull.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20180194439Abstract: A buoyant structure contains a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower ellipsoidal section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the keel having the n-polytope shape, and a plurality of columns connected between the keel having the n-polytope shape and the main deck forming one or more tunnels between the plurality of columns.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20180194435Abstract: A buoyant structure with a hull, a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section; a generally rounded keel; a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel. In embodiments, the keel has a first frame extending from the keel and a first keel extension connected to the first frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20180194436Abstract: A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck. The hull further contains a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally rounded section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section, a generally rounded keel, and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the hull proximate the generally rounded keel, the fin shaped appendage having a shape selected from the group consisting of: a triangular shape, a hump shape and a pair of connected triangular projections shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm
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Publication number: 20180186434Abstract: A buoyant structure having a hull, a main deck, an upper cylindrical side section extending downwardly from the main deck, an upper frustoconical side section, a cylindrical neck, a lower ellipsoidal section that extends from the cylindrical neck, an ellipsoidal keel and a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the ellipsoid keel. The upper frustoconical side section located below the upper cylindrical side section and maintained to be above a water line for a transport depth and partially below the water line for an operational depth of the buoyant structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm