Patents by Inventor Robert BLAKEMAN

Robert BLAKEMAN 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).

  • Subsea plough for burying a flexible elongate member
    Patent number: 12163311
    Abstract: A subsea plough includes a plough share coupled to a chassis, boulder clearance and spoil clearance members, and front and rear support surfaces. In a first configuration, a maximum span of the boulder clearance member in an extended position is greater than a span of the spoil clearance member. The plough may be reconfigurable to include a backfill member. A method of use of the plough is provided in a boulder clearing only mode, and optional modes of simultaneous boulder clearing and trenching, second pass trenching, and backfilling a trench to bury a flexible elongate member in a seabed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: OSBIT LTD
    Inventors: Robert Garner, Matthew Heap, Robert Blakeman
  • SUBSEA PLOUGH FOR BURYING A FLEXIBLE ELONGATE MEMBER
    Publication number: 20220074166
    Abstract: A subsea plough includes a plough share coupled to a chassis, boulder clearance and spoil clearance members, and front and rear support surfaces. In a first configuration, a maximum span of the boulder clearance member in an extended position is greater than a span of the spoil clearance member. The plough may be reconfigurable to include a backfill member. A method of use of the plough is provided in a boulder clearing only mode, and optional modes of simultaneous boulder clearing and trenching, second pass trenching, and backfilling a trench to bury a flexible elongate member in a seabed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Robert GARNER, Matthew HEAP, Robert BLAKEMAN