Patents by Inventor Janet Kay McMillan

Janet Kay McMillan 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).

  • VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100150662
    Abstract: A system comprising a subsea structure defining an interior of the system, the structure subject to a water current; a sleeve exterior to the subsea structure, covering at least a portion of an outside surface of the subsea structure; and a vortex induced vibration suppression device exterior to the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Stephen Paul Armstrong, David Wayne McMillan, Janet Kay McMillan, Christopher Steven West
  • VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100098497
    Abstract: A system comprising a subsea structure beneath a body of water, subject to a water current; an installation vessel floating on the body of water; a line connected to the subsea structure and the installation vessel; and one or more vortex induced vibration suppression devices connected to the line, which have been lowered from the vessel to be installed on the subsea structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Stephen Paul Armstrong, Richard Bruce McDaniel, Catherine Anne Preator, David Wayne McMillan, Janet Kay McMillan, Christopher Steven West
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DRAG AND/OR VORTEX INDUCED VIBRATION
    Publication number: 20100061809
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for reducing drag and/or vortex induced vibration of a structure, the system comprising a fairing comprising a dampening mechanism adapted to dampen the rotation of the fairing about the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Donald Wayne Allen, Dean Leroy Henning, Li Lee, David Wayne McMillan, Janet Kay McMillan