Patents by Inventor Daniel T. Melitz

Daniel T. Melitz 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).

  • Diving structure and method of deployment of the structure
    Patent number: 4286896
    Abstract: A diving bell deployment structure includes a launch tube for a diving bell, the bell having a supporting bell hoist wire. A boom is positioned from the structure to a point vertically above the desired underwater deployment position, and carries a boom hoist wire which is capable of connecting to the bell through the base of the launch tube. Differential pay out of the boom hoist wire and bell hoist wire allows exit of the bell from the launch tube and lateral deployment of the boom and launch tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: The British Petroleum Company Limited
    Inventors: Daniel T. Melitz, Kenneth L. Searle, Brian E. Woodman