Patents by Inventor Norman Feldman

Norman Feldman 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).

  • Self propelled dynamically positioned reel pipe laying ship
    Patent number: 4345855
    Abstract: A self propelled reel pipe laying ship having forward, midship and stern sections, and having a reel mounted at the midship section thereof about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation extending transversely of the ship, such that the load of the reel is distributed downwardly and outwardly substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the ship, the ship further including pipe conditioning means located at the stern section for movement about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the reel and (a) radius control means for imparting a substantially uniform curve to the pipe after it is unspooled from the reel, (b) straightening means for imparting a reverse bending force to the pipe opposite the curvature imparted to the pipe by the reel, and (c) means for guiding the pipe into the water after it emerges from the straightening means; and means for pivoting the pipe conditioning means about its pivot axis to adjust the pipe entry angle at which pipe enters the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Santa Fe International Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley T. Uyeda, E. John Radu, William J. Talbot, Jr., Norman Feldman
  • Self propelled dynamically positioned reel pipe laying ship
    Patent number: 4269540
    Abstract: A self propelled reel pipe laying ship having forward, midship and stern sections, and having a reel mounted at the midship and thereof about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation extending transversely of the ship, such that the load of the reel is distributed downwardly and outwardly substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the ship, the ship further including pipe conditioning means located at the stern section for movement about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the reel and (a) radius control means for imparting a substantially uniform curve to the pipe after it is unspooled from the reel, (b) straightening means for imparting a reverse bending force to the pipe opposite the curvature imparted to the pipe by the reel, and (c) means for guiding the pipe into the water after it emerges from the straightening means; and means for pivoting the pipe conditioning means about its pivot axis to adjust the pipe entry angle at which pipe enters the wate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Santa Fe International Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley T. Uyeda, E. John Radu, William J. Talbot, Jr., Norman Feldman