Patents by Inventor SJOERD JAN WICHERS

SJOERD JAN WICHERS 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).

  • Publication number: 20230257074
    Abstract: A mooring system for mooring a vessel floating on a surface of a body of water. In some embodiments, the system can include a base structure configured to be secured to a seabed, a yoke configured to be pivotably connected at a first end to the base structure about an axis of the base structure, a weight connected to the yoke, a turntable that can include a rotating part configured to be disposed on the vessel and a fixed part, a link arm that can include a first end configured to be connected to a second end of the yoke and/or the weight and a second end configured to be connected to the fixed part of the turntable such that the vessel is rotatable with respect to the link arm about a central axis of the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SOFEC, INC.
    Inventors: HAO YU, ARUN SANJAY DUGGAL, STEPHEN P. LINDBLADE, SJOERD JAN WICHERS, YONGHUI LIU, YU DING, DIPAK JAYVANT CHAVDA