Patents Assigned to Heerema Engineering Services BV
  • Stabilization system
    Patent number: 4848968
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing a floating body comprises applying to the body a vertical force so as to maintain the body in an equilibrium position which is spaced vertically from the normal floating position of the body, in which the vertical force comprises a limited vertical force applying means acting on the body in one vertical direction and a flexible tension member applying tension to the body or the force applying means in the opposite vertical direction, the tension member having a tension less than the said limited vertical force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Heerema Engineering Services BV
    Inventor: Anton Coppens