Patents by Inventor Philip A. Abbott

Philip A. Abbott 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 and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
    Patent number: 4417831
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a deep water guyed marine structure has a foundation which uses a system of piles connected to the marine structure only at a top portion thereof. The marine structure further has a mooring system which employs pairs of transversely, closely spaced guy lines connected to clump weights and further pairs of transversely, closely spaced guy lines connected from the clump weights to an anchor system. The marine structure mooring system can further provide a vessel mooring system in order to provide adequate control of the vessels during on and off loading of the marine structure and further to prevent fouling of the marine structure mooring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Brown & Root, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Abbott, James E. Dailey, Demir I. Karsan, Andrea Mangiavacchi
  • Mooring and supporting apparatus and methods for a guyed marine structure
    Patent number: RE32119
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting a deep water guyed marine structure has a foundation which uses a system of piles connected to the marine structure only at a top portion thereof. The marine structure further has a mooring system which employs pairs of transversely, closely spaced guy lines connected to clump weights and further pairs of transversely, closely spaced guy lines connected from the clump weights to an anchor system. The marine structure mooring system can further provide a vessel mooring system in order to provide adequate control of the vessels during on and off loading of the marine structure and further to prevent fouling of the marine structure mooring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Brown & Root, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Abbott, James E. Dailey, Demir I. Karsan, Andrea Mangiavacchi