Patents by Inventor Rick Van Der Valk

Rick Van Der Valk 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).

  • Marine pipelaying vessel and method for pipelaying
    Patent number: 9080696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marine pipelaying vessel for S-lay pipelaying an offshore pipeline and integrating one or more accessories into the pipeline, and a method for S-lay pipelaying wherein use is made of such a vessel. The vessel according to the invention comprises a hull (1) having a stinger end and a stinger (20) for guiding the launched pipeline in a curved pipeline trajectory, which stinger is pivotably connected to the hull, and an accessory handling J-lay tower (30) at the stinger end of the hull. The J-lay tower allows the pipeline and connected accessory to be laid in J-lay mode while connecting further pipe sections to the pipeline at least until the accessory has been lowered past below the retracted stinger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Joop Roodenburg, Rick Van Der Valk, Terence Willem August Vehmeijer, Ronny Lambertus Waltherus Nouwens
  • MARINE PIPELAYING VESSEL AND METHOD FOR PIPELAYING
    Publication number: 20140334880
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marine pipelaying vessel for S-lay pipelaying an offshore pipeline and integrating one or more accessories into the pipeline, and a method for S-lay pipelaying wherein use is made of such a vessel. The vessel according to the invention comprises a hull (1) having a stinger end and a stinger (20) for guiding the launched pipeline in a curved pipeline trajectory, which stinger is pivotably connected to the hull, and an accessory handling J-lay tower (30) at the stinger end of the hull. The J-lay tower allows the pipeline and connected accessory to be laid in J-lay mode while connecting further pipe sections to the pipeline at least until the accessory has been lowered past below the retracted stinger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Joop Roodenburg, Rick Van Der Valk, Terence Willem August Vehmeijer, Ronny Lambertus Waltherus Nouwens