Patents by Inventor Camelia Dragu

Camelia Dragu 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).

  • Mooring system for a vessel
    Patent number: 8418639
    Abstract: A mooring system for a vessel and a method of mooring a vessel are provided. The mooring system comprises a turret structure; a swivel unit mounted on the turret structure; a bearing assembly for rotatably mounting the turret structure at deck level of the vessel such that the turret structure extends into a moonpool of the vessel and such that the swivel unit is disposed above deck level; a plurality of conduits for fluid communication disposed in the turret structure; a buoy structure retrievable into the moonpool of the vessel and connectable to the turret structure; a locking assembly for mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure; and wherein the turret structure is rotatable as one to align the conduits to corresponding riser valve structures on the buoy structure prior to mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: APL Technology AS
    Inventors: Alan Hooper, Balakrishna Menon, Camelia Dragu
  • MOORING SYSTEM FOR A VESSEL, AND A METHOD OF MOORING A VESSEL
    Publication number: 20110162571
    Abstract: A mooring system for a vessel and a method of mooring a vessel are provided. The mooring system comprises a turret structure; a swivel unit mounted on the turret structure; a bearing assembly for rotatably mounting the turret structure at deck level of the vessel such that the turret structure extends into a moonpool of the vessel and such that the swivel unit is disposed above deck level; a plurality of conduits for fluid communication disposed in the turret structure; a buoy structure retrievable into the moonpool of the vessel and connectable to the turret structure; a locking assembly for mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure; and wherein the turret structure is rotatable as one to align the conduits to corresponding riser valve structures on the buoy structure prior to mechanically locking the buoy structure to the turret structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Alan Hooper, Balakrishna Menon, Camelia Dragu