Patents by Inventor Norman N. Aylmer

Norman N. Aylmer 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).

  • Patent number: 4073157
    Abstract: A method of depositing pipe on the seabed which includes providing a vessel of a length greater than the pipe, which vessel has a main winch on one end and an auxiliary winch on the other end, anchoring a cable from the main winch to the seabed, drawing the cable horizontally of the vessel utilizing the auxiliary winch, attaching trolleys carried by a length of pipe to the section of the cable overlying the vessel, using the auxiliary winch to let out the cable and suspend the pipe on the cable from the main winch, utilizing a third cable to lower the pipe, and repeating the process for each length of pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Assignee: Piccal Subsea Limited
    Inventors: Norman N. Aylmer, Peter Coe, John G. Watson, Brian P. Holloway