Patents by Inventor Bruce Chip Keener

Bruce Chip Keener 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).

  • THROUGH-HULL MOORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080121163
    Abstract: A mooring system for floating platform that includes a hawspipe positioned below the sea level when the platform is ballasted for normal operations. The system also includes an outer fairlead that guides a mooring line from the floating platform to an anchoring point on the seabed. The outer fairlead is positioned relative to the floating platform's center of gravity and center of buoyancy. The outer fairlead is also positioned to be above the deballasted waterline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce Chip Keener