Patents by Inventor Robert L. Bunnell

Robert L. Bunnell 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 template leveling wafer and leveling method
    Patent number: 4830542
    Abstract: A leveling wafer for a subsea hydrocarbon production platform having two wedge portions which can be rotated in relation to each other to vary the degree of taper. The wafer supports a machinery supporting template having a wedge shaped key projecting downwardly therefrom to engage an opening in the top of the wafer to ensure rotational (azimuth) orientation of the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Bunnell, Henry W. Miller, Joseph R. Padilla
  • Foundation level and orientation tool
    Patent number: 4580926
    Abstract: A tool for undersea oil recovery operations having a framework to carry instruments to the sea bottom to determine the angle of inclination of a ring girder secured to a monopile driven into the sea bottom. The same tool, with minor modifications, is used to transport a wedge-shaped leveling wafer to the bottom after the wafer has been fabricated to correct the previously determined inclinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Bunnell, Henry W. Miller, Joseph R. Padilla