Patents by Inventor Fernando Gulherme Castanheira Kaster

Fernando Gulherme Castanheira Kaster 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).

  • Positioning system with differentiated compliant anchoring
    Patent number: 5918563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positioning system using anchoring of the ship which allows it to move in order better to accommodate variations in the environment, avoiding fully parallel situations (in which the ship is fully head on to the weather) and the situation in which it is fully crosswise (arthwart to the weather), based on the distribution and setting-up of mooring lines which define differentiated degrees of rigidity (compliance) in the anchoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Petrobras
    Inventors: Fernando Gulherme Castanheira Kaster, Mauricio Sebastiao Sampaio de Barros