Patents by Inventor Gary Wieboldt

Gary Wieboldt 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).

  • VESSEL HULL CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200023925
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and related method for cleaning vessel hulls and other subsea structures at sea. In an embodiment, a hull cleaning system comprises a housing defining an interior void; a multifunction bar; a propulsion system; a power system; a positioning system; a water pump operatively connected to the power system; a high flow manifold operatively in fluid communication with the water pump; a hull cleaner; and a suction device configured to selectively adhere the hull cleaning system to a hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Neal Ledda, Bruce Brian Brown, George Kotula, Thomas Knight Tolman, Gary Wieboldt, Christopher Embree Wong
  • Subsea structure cleaning apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10414473
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and related method for cleaning vessel hulls and other subsea structures at sea. In an embodiment, a hull cleaning system comprises a housing defining an interior void; a multifunction bar; a propulsion system; a power system; a positioning system; a water pump operatively connected to the power system; a high flow manifold operatively in fluid communication with the water pump; a hull cleaner; and a suction device configured to selectively adhere the hull cleaning system to a hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Neal Ledda, Duane Martin Baker, III, Bruce Brian Brown, Anthony Louis Kopera, George Kotula, Thomas Knight Tolman, Gary Wieboldt, Christopher Embree Wong
  • Self-deploying and self-healing subsea data network and method of use
    Patent number: 9923629
    Abstract: A self-deploying and self-healing subsea network comprises one or more homing vehicles, one or more data repeaters, and one or more independent guidable homing systems configured to assist the homing vehicles in localization of and docking with the data repeaters. A plurality of data repeaters are deployed in a body of water and, at a predetermined time, a homing vehicle released from a first data repeater and instructed to transit to and dock with a predetermined second data repeater. After docking, a network cable is operatively placed into communication between the first data repeater and the second data repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Knight Tolman, Gary Wieboldt, Louis Hromada, Thomas Burke, Dustin Whipple, Mark Alan Stevens
  • SELF-DEPLOYING AND SELF-HEALING SUBSEA DATA NETWORK AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20160006501
    Abstract: A self-deploying and self-healing subsea network comprises one or more homing vehicles, one or more data repeaters, and one or more independent guidable homing systems configured to assist the homing vehicles in localization of and docking with the data repeaters. A plurality of data repeaters are deployed in a body of water and, at a predetermined time, a homing vehicle released from a first data repeater and instructed to transit to and dock with a predetermined second data repeater. After docking, a network cable is operatively placed into communication between the first data repeater and the second data repeater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Knight TOLMAN, Gary Wieboldt, Louis Hromada, Thomas Burke, Dustin Whipple, Mark Alan Stevens
  • Subsea Structure Cleaning Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20160001857
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and related method for cleaning vessel hulls and other subsea structures at sea. In an embodiment, a hull cleaning system comprises a housing defining an interior void; a multifunction bar; a propulsion system; a power system; a positioning system; a water pump operatively connected to the power system; a high flow manifold operatively in fluid communication with the water pump; a hull cleaner; and a suction device configured to selectively adhere the hull cleaning system to a hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Neal Ledda, Duane Martin Baker, III, Bruce Brian Brown, Anthony Louis Kopera, George Kotula, Thomas Knight Tolman, Gary Wieboldt, Christopher Embree Wong