Patents by Inventor Phil Hawley

Phil Hawley 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).

  • Packing means for a flexible tension leg in a tension leg platform
    Patent number: 4940362
    Abstract: A tension leg platform has a flexible tension leg member comprising upper and lower tension leg elements and a casing within which the upper and lower tension leg elements are flexibly joined. The platform has a vertical shaft wall in which the casing is supported and a first packing which seals between the casing and the shaft wall. Swingable claws releasably interconnect the upper tension leg element to the casing, and a second packing surrounds the upper tension leg element and releasably seals between the upper tension leg element and the shaft wall. The second packing comprises a hollow cylinder with a coupling flange on the lower end thereof, and a coupling flange on the casing. The claws releasably secure together the flanges and are operated by vertical movement of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventors: Bjorn Paulshus, Phil Hawley
  • Device in a flexible tension leg
    Patent number: 4940361
    Abstract: In a flexible tension leg member an adjustable spacer is provided between the coaxial tension leg members joined in the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventors: Bjorn Paulshus, Phil Hawley