Patents by Inventor Christopher James Sexton

Christopher James Sexton 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).

  • System and method for levelling and gripping a jacket leg into a hollow foundation pile
    Patent number: 11982063
    Abstract: A system for levelling and gripping a jacket leg into a hollow foundation pile has a levelling assembly for adjusting the longitudinal axis of a jacket leg partially inserted in a hollow foundation pile with an actuation group arranged about the jacket leg and configured to exert a force parallel to the longitudinal axis between the upper edge of the hollow foundation pile and the jacket leg and selectively attachable to the jacket leg and recoverable for further use in another levelling assembly; and a gripping assembly for locking the jacket leg in a designated position with respect to the hollow foundation pile once leveled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincent George McCarthy, Benjamin Lloyd Stokes, Christopher James Sexton
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEVELLING AND GRIPPING A JACKET LEG INTO A HOLLOW FOUNDATION PILE
    Publication number: 20220333328
    Abstract: A system for levelling and gripping a jacket leg into a hollow foundation pile has a levelling assembly for adjusting the longitudinal axis of a jacket leg partially inserted in a hollow foundation pile with an actuation group arranged about the jacket leg and configured to exert a force parallel to the longitudinal axis between the upper edge of the hollow foundation pile and the jacket leg and selectively attachable to the jacket leg and recoverable for further use in another levelling assembly; and a gripping assembly for locking the jacket leg in a designated position with respect to the hollow foundation pile once leveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent George McCarthy, Benjamin Lloyd Stokes, Christopher James Sexton