Patents by Inventor Michael ARNAUD

Michael ARNAUD 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).

  • Connecting link pin retaining device
    Patent number: 9625004
    Abstract: A connecting link pin retaining device has main frame with a lead screw threadably engaged with the main frame. The main frame has opposing upper and lower sections, and is sized and shaped to fit around a connecting link, typically used in connecting sections of mooring lines in subsea mooring applications. The retaining device is positioned around a connecting link, subsea, by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (“ROV”), and the main frame engages the connecting link and positions the lead screw in alignment with the connecting link pin of the connecting link. The lead screw is then rotated by an operating arm of the ROV, advancing the end of the lead screw against the connecting link pin and retaining it in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DELMAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew W. Smith, Michael Arnaud
  • Connecting Link Pin Retaining Device
    Publication number: 20160223054
    Abstract: A connecting link pin retaining device has main frame with a lead screw threadably engaged with the main frame. The main frame has opposing upper and lower sections, and is sized and shaped to fit around a connecting link, typically used in connecting sections of mooring lines in subsea mooring applications. The retaining device is positioned around a connecting link, subsea, by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (“ROV”), and the main frame engages the connecting link and positions the lead screw in alignment with the connecting link pin of the connecting link. The lead screw is then rotated by an operating arm of the ROV, advancing the end of the lead screw against the connecting link pin and retaining it in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew W. SMITH, Michael ARNAUD