Patents by Inventor Douglas Barclay Davidson

Douglas Barclay Davidson 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).

  • Publication number: 20120040573
    Abstract: A mooring and flowline system is disclosed for mooring a floating production and/or storage vessel (10) to the seabed (12) and one or more flowlines (22, 24) for connection to one or more producing wells or to a facility. The system comprises at least two anchors in the sea bed (12) and a respective anchor riser (14) extending from each of the anchors to a common mooring node member (18). A mooring pendant (20) extends from the common mooring node member (18), where the mooring pendant (20) has an upper end for connection, in use, to the vessel (10). Each flowline (22, 24) comprises a lower flowline (22) and a flowline riser (24) extending from the lower flowline (22) to the vessel (10). Each flowline riser (24) has part of its length secured to the mooring pendant (20) by one or more guide frames (32) to control sideways and rotational movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MOORING SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Douglas Barclay Davidson, Jonathan Frederick Jury