Patents by Inventor Bela Hieronymus Buck

Bela Hieronymus Buck 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).

  • Support device for the cultivation of macro organisms in marine waters
    Patent number: 7587991
    Abstract: A support device for cultivating macro organisms in marine waters consisting of first and second coplanar rings connected to each other by a plurality of radial support lines and provided between them with a plurality of cultivating lines arranged in substantially coaxial rings and connected to the support lines. The outer one of the first and second rings is held in a predetermined orientation by ropes of crow's foot arrangements connected to it from above and below the rings. Each crow's foot arrangement is provided with a ring coaxial with respect to the first and second rings and connected to the other by a support rope. One of the crow's foot rings is connected to a buoyancy means and the other one is connected to an anchoring device so that forces acting on the buoyancy or anchoring means are restricted to the support rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Stiftung Alfred - Wegener - Institut Fuer Polar - und Meeresforschung
    Inventors: Bela Hieronymus Buck, Cornelia Maria Buchholz