Patents by Inventor Patricia Bruen

Patricia Bruen 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).

  • Mooring System for Floating Arctic Vessel
    Publication number: 20140020616
    Abstract: A mooring system for a floating vessel such as a drilling unit is provided. The floating vessel has a platform for providing drilling, production or other operations in a marine environment, and a tower for providing ballast and stability below a water line in the marine environment. The mooring system generally includes a plurality of anchors disposed radially around the tower along a seabed, and a plurality of mooring lines. Each mooring line has a first end operatively connected to the tower, and a second end operatively connected to a respective anchor. Each mooring line further comprises at least two substantially rigid links joined together using linkages. Each joint is at least five meters in length. The mooring system is capable of maintaining station-keeping for the vessel greater than about 100 Mega-Newtons such that operations may be conducted when the marine environment is substantially iced over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Patricia Bruen
  • Mooring system for floating arctic vessel
    Patent number: 8568063
    Abstract: A mooring system for a floating vessel such as a drilling unit is provided. The floating vessel has a platform for providing drilling, production or other operations in a marine environment, and a tower for providing ballast and stability below a water line in the marine environment. The mooring system generally includes a plurality of anchors disposed radially around the tower along a seabed, and a plurality of mooring lines. Each mooring line has a first end operatively connected to the tower, and a second end operatively connected to a respective anchor. Each mooring line further comprises at least two substantially rigid links joined together using linkages. Each joint is at least five meters in length. The mooring system is capable of maintaining station-keeping for the vessel greater than about 100 Mega-Newtons such that operations may be conducted when the marine environment is substantially iced over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Carl R. Brinkmann, Theodore Kokkinis, Adel H. Younan, Patricia Bruen
  • MOORING SYSTEM FOR FLOATING ARCTIC VESSEL
    Publication number: 20120266801
    Abstract: A mooring system for a floating vessel such as a drilling unit is provided. The floating vessel has a platform for providing drilling, production or other operations in a marine environment, and a tower for providing ballast and stability below a water line in the marine environment. The mooring system generally includes a plurality of anchors disposed radially around the tower along a seabed, and a plurality of mooring lines. Each mooring line has a first end operatively connected to the tower, and a second end operatively connected to a respective anchor. Each mooring line further comprises at least two substantially rigid links joined together using linkages. Each joint is at least five meters in length. The mooring system is capable of maintaining station-keeping for the vessel greater than about 100 Mega-Newtons such that operations may be conducted when the marine environment is substantially iced over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Carl R. Brinkmann, Theodore Kokkinis, Adel H. Younan, Finbarr J. Bruen, Patricia Bruen