Patents by Inventor Greg Boyle

Greg Boyle 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).

  • Patent number: 10107058
    Abstract: A retrievable module assembly can be used to install and/or de-install a blowout preventer (BOP) module from a BOP subsea where the BOP comprises one or more corresponding BOP module receivers. The retrievable module assembly typically comprises a frame configured to house and support the subsea BOP module; and a modular storage unit disposed at least partially within the frame. The modular storage unit further comprises a storage area configured to removably accept the subsea BOP module; a rotator configured to attach to and rotate the subsea BOP module, the rotator disposed at least partially within the frame; a rotator mover, slidably mounted in the frame and operatively in communication with the rotator; and a power connector operatively connected to the rotator and rotator mover and configured to interface with a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. Misuraca, William S. Averill, Simon Nockels, Nguyen Trinh, Greg Boyle, Robert A. Johnigan, Kinton Lowell Lawler, Nikunj M. Patel, Michael Forrest Brune, Michael S. Stonebraker
  • Publication number: 20130213660
    Abstract: A retrievable module assembly can be used to install and/or de-install a blowout preventer (BOP) module from a BOP subsea where the BOP comprises one or more corresponding BOP module receivers. The retrievable module assembly typically comprises a frame configured to house and support the subsea BOP module; and a modular storage unit disposed at least partially within the frame. The modular storage unit further comprises a storage area configured to removably accept the subsea BOP module; a rotator configured to attach to and rotate the subsea BOP module, the rotator disposed at least partially within the frame; a rotator mover, slidably mounted in the frame and operatively in communication with the rotator; and a power connector operatively connected to the rotator and rotator mover and configured to interface with a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. Misuraca, William S. Averill, Simon Nockels, Nguyen Trinh, Greg Boyle, Robert A. Johnigan, Kinton Lowell Lawler, Nikunj M. Patel, Michael Forrest Brune, Michael S. Stonebraker
  • Patent number: 4828804
    Abstract: A device for use in a swimming pool to prevent a floating chlorine feeder from spending an inordinate amount of time near a single location in a swimming pool due to water currents is disclosed which uses a tether to place the feeder in a central location in the swimming pool. A retainer is attachable to a floating feeder, and a retainer hook is attached to the edge of the pool furthest away from the location to which the feeder is drawn by water currents. A tether cord between the hook and the retainer keeps the feeder in the central location in the pool, where it is maintained by the currents in the pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Aquaity, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Nicholson, Robert Nordmyer, Greg Boyle