Patents by Inventor Michael Leroy Spence

Michael Leroy Spence 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).

  • Publication number: 20200239267
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton Frederick Baugh
  • Patent number: 10654681
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Reel Power LIcensing Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton Frederick Baugh
  • Publication number: 20190177113
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton Frederick Baugh
  • Patent number: 10246293
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Reel Power Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton Frederick Baugh
  • Patent number: 9802787
    Abstract: The method of mechanically controlling the rotation of a spool comprising a clutch providing a first position in which a first motive force is applied to the spool through the clutch, providing a second position in which a second motive force is applied to the spool through the clutch, providing third position intermediate to the first position and the second position in which both the first motive force and the second motive forces are applied to the spool through the clutch, such that there during the movement between the first position, the third position, and the second position there is no time at which at least one of the first motive force or the second motive force is not applied to the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Reel Power Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Behton Frederick Baugh
  • Publication number: 20160311634
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton Frederick Baugh
  • Patent number: 9278733
    Abstract: The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Reel Power Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Benton Frederick Baugh, Michael Leroy Spence
  • Patent number: 9193489
    Abstract: The method of supplying non-twisted cable from a non-rotating container comprising supplying a cable to a first spool in a first position by supplying the cable to the first spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the first spool and wrapping the cable around the first spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a second position without cutting the cable, transferring a second spool to the first position, supplying the cable to a the second spool in the first position by supplying the cable to the second spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the second spool and wrapping the cable around the second spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a third position and transferring the second spool to the second position, cutting the cable between the second and the third positions, delivering the cable from the third position
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Reel Power Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton F. Baugh
  • Publication number: 20150083843
    Abstract: The method of mechanically controlling the rotation of a spool comprising a clutch providing a first position in which a first motive force is applied to the spool through the clutch, providing a second position in which a second motive force is applied to the spool through the clutch, providing third position intermediate to the first position and the second position in which both the first motive force and the second motive forces are applied to the spool through the clutch, such that there during the movement between the first position, the third position, and the second position there is no time at which at least one of the first motive force or the second motive force is not applied to the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Gary Donald Thompson, Michael Leroy Spence, Behton Frederick Baugh
  • Publication number: 20140338582
    Abstract: The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Benton Frederick Baugh, Michael Leroy Spence
  • Publication number: 20120110955
    Abstract: The method of supplying non-twisted cable from a non-rotating container comprising supplying a cable to a first spool in a first position by supplying the cable to the first spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the first spool and wrapping the cable around the first spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a second position without cutting the cable, transferring a second spool to the first position, supplying the cable to a the second spool in the first position by supplying the cable to the second spool in a direction generally parallel to the centerline of the second spool and wrapping the cable around the second spool so that one twist will be applied to the cable with every circumferential wrap, transferring the first spool to a third position and transferring the second spool to the second position, cutting the cable between the second and the third positions, delivering the cable from the third position
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher David Rekieta, Michael Leroy Spence, Benton F. Baugh