Patents Assigned to Vestdavit Gruppen AS
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Publication number: 20240124098Abstract: A system for retrieving manned or unmanned daughter boats onto a mothership. The mothership has a crane/davit, a lifting wire connected to a winch, a first connecting device and a drone assembly including propellers and motors. The daughter boat has a second connecting device for cooperation with the first connection device. The drone assembly is removably fastened to the lifting wire and is provided to move the lifting wire and the first connection part in a horizontal plane to a required position above the second connection part. The winch of the mothership might be connected to a winch control system in order to keep the first connection part in a required vertical position for connection to the second connection part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventors: Per Christian MØGSTER, André BERTHEUSSEN
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Publication number: 20240124100Abstract: The invention relates to a davit arrangement (1, 20) arranged suspended over one or more boats or cargo devices (B, C) onboard a ship or similar vessel for launching or storing the one or more boats or cargo devices (B, C), the davit arrangement (1, 20) comprises a davit housing (19) having telescopically displaceable davit arm (3, 4, 5) and a hoisting arrangement (6) for hoisting and lowering the one or more boats or cargo device (B, C). The davit arrangement comprises a carrier (2) slidable connected to the davit arm (3, 4, 5), the hoisting arrangement (6) being further connected to the carrier (2), the davit housing (19) is connected to a turntable (10) for rotational movement of the davit arrangement (1, 20) around a center axis (A), the carrier (2) is adapted to be retracted to an innermost position where the hoisting arrangement (6) is aligned with the center axis (A) of the turntable (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventors: Atle KALVE, Vikaskumar PATEL
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Publication number: 20240116602Abstract: A davit arrangement for launching and storing one or more boats or cargo devices, comprising —a carrier construction (1, 2) slidingly connected to a rail construction (3), said rail construction (3) is adapted to be fixedly attached to a roof or other overhanging construction (9), —a davit arm (6) arranged slidingly connected to the carrier construction (1, 2), said davit arm (6) is adapted to move between a launching position where the davit arrangement is adapted to hoist the boat or cargo device (A, B) to or from the sea surface, and an intermediate position where the boat is retracted into a position within the carrier construction (1, 2) of the davit arrangement, —a cylinder arrangement (4) is connected to the carrier construction (1, 2) at a point (4a) and connected to the rail construction (3) at an end (4b), said cylinder arrangement (4) is adapted to move the carrier construction (1, 2) between the intermediate position and a storage position where the boat or cargo device (A, B) is adapted to be stoType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventors: Alexander NESSE, Atle KALVE
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Patent number: 10377449Abstract: An apparatus for launching, stowing and retrieving of daughter boats (1) from a midships hangar or mission bay on a mother vessel comprises at least one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (2), located one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel. The daughter boats (1) are secured on specially designed stationary cradlesalong a plurality of longitudinal tracks (5) and also on at least the two stationary cradles (2) one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel which are also specially designed and lie along at least one transverse track (6).Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventor: Atle Kalve
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Publication number: 20190016420Abstract: An apparatus for launching, stowing and retrieving of daughter boats (1) from a midships hangar or mission bay on a mother vessel comprises at least one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (2), located one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel. The daughter boats (1) are secured on specially designed stationary cradlesalong a plurality of longitudinal tracks (5) and also on at least the two stationary cradles (2) one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel which are also specially designed and lie along at least one transverse track (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventor: Atle KALVE
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Patent number: 9963206Abstract: An apparatus (1) for handling daughter boats (2) on a mother vessel comprising one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (5), each of which is located near a side edge (11a, 11b) of a deck (11) of the vessel for launching and retrieving the boats (2) from and onto the stationary cradle (5) characterised in that the apparatus has a plurality of longitudinally movable cradles (7) on the deck (11) of the vessel for securedly holding plurality of boats thereon and in that the longitudinally movable cradles can move back and forth longitudinally and lift up vertically to transfer a boat (2) onto or to receive a boat (2) from, one transversely movable cradle (4) which can transversely move back and forth for placing a boat (2) onto or for receiving a boat (2) from, the longitudinal cradles (7) and any one stationary cradle (5). The invention also relates to a method for launching and retrieving boats from a mother vessel.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventor: Atle Kalve
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Publication number: 20160221645Abstract: An apparatus (1) for handling daughter boats (2) on a mother vessel comprising one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (5), each of which is located near a side edge (11a, 11b) of a deck (11) of the vessel for launching and retrieving the boats (2) from and onto the stationary cradle (5) characterised in that the apparatus has a plurality of longitudinally movable cradles (7) on the deck (11) of the vessel for securedly holding plurality of boats thereon and in that the longitudinally movable cradles can move back and forth longitudinally and lift up vertically to transfer a boat (2) onto or to receive a boat (2) from, one transversely movable cradle (4) which can transversely move back and forth for placing a boat (2) onto or for receiving a boat (2) from, the longitudinal cradles (7) and any one stationary cradle (5). The invention also relates to a method for launching and retrieving boats from a mother vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: Vestdavit Gruppen ASInventor: Atle KALVE