Patents by Inventor Mark Kevin Lane

Mark Kevin Lane 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).

  • Method and system for heading control during ship-to-ship transfer of LNG
    Patent number: 10549820
    Abstract: A method and system for heading control during ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). A method for heading control during STS transfer of LNG while moored on a buoy includes berthing a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to a buoy at a forward end of the FSRU, holding a stern of the berthed FSRU at a first heading with a bow of the FSRU pointing into a current, docking an LNG carrier (LNGC) alongside the berthed FSRU, mooring the LNGC to the berthed FSRU in a double-banked configuration at the first heading, adjusting the first heading of the FSRU and moored LNGC to a second heading with the bow of the FSRU and a bow of the LNGC pointing into a swell, and transferring LNG from the LNGC to the FSRU while the FSRU and moored LNGC are pointed into the swell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Mark Kevin Lane, Charles Erwin Ruehl, Jr., Michael Todd Carroll
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEADING CONTROL DURING SHIP-TO-SHIP TRANSFER OF LNG
    Publication number: 20190233058
    Abstract: A method and system for heading control during ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). A method for heading control during STS transfer of LNG while moored on a buoy includes berthing a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to a buoy at a forward end of the FSRU, holding a stern of the berthed FSRU at a first heading with a bow of the FSRU pointing into a current, docking an LNG carrier (LNGC) alongside the berthed FSRU, mooring the LNGC to the berthed FSRU in a double-banked configuration at the first heading, adjusting the first heading of the FSRU and moored LNGC to a second heading with the bow of the FSRU and a bow of the LNGC pointing into a swell, and transferring LNG from the LNGC to the FSRU while the FSRU and moored LNGC are pointed into the swell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Kevin Lane, Charles Erwin Ruehl, JR., Michael Todd Carroll