Patents by Inventor Robert E. Alden

Robert E. Alden 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).

  • System, method, and apparatus for storing and deploying auxiliary vessels
    Patent number: 8857361
    Abstract: An approach is provided for storing secondary maritime vessels to primary maritime vessels. A first signal is caused, at least in part, to be received to actuate a drive mechanism configured to cause, at least in part, a secondary vessel to be moored in a first state to a primary vessel. The drive mechanism is caused, at least in part, to be actuated in a first direction based on the first signal, wherein causing, at least in part, the drive mechanism to be actuated in the first direction is configured to cause, at least in part, a drawing mechanism to draw the secondary vessel towards the primary vessel and configured to cause, at least in part, a lifting mechanism to raise the secondary vessel from a substantially horizontal plane to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Robert E. Alden, David J. O'Neill
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DEPLOYING AUXILIARY VESSELS
    Publication number: 20130014686
    Abstract: An approach is provided for storing secondary maritime vessels to primary maritime vessels. A first signal is caused, at least in part, to be received to actuate a drive mechanism configured to cause, at least in part, a secondary vessel to be moored in a first state to a primary vessel. The drive mechanism is caused, at least in part, to be actuated in a first direction based on the first signal, wherein causing, at least in part, the drive mechanism to be actuated in the first direction is configured to cause, at least in part, a drawing mechanism to draw the secondary vessel towards the primary vessel and configured to cause, at least in part, a lifting mechanism to raise the secondary vessel from a substantially horizontal plane to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Robert E. Alden, David J. O'Neill