Patents by Inventor Robert Narold

Robert Narold 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).

  • Method And Device For Connecting A Riser To A Target Structure
    Publication number: 20080089745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for connecting a free end of an at least partially submerged riser to a target structure, the method comprising: (a) connecting the riser by the free end thereof to a riser support assembly; (b) positioning the target structure near the riser support assembly; (c) connecting a lifting assembly, with the free end (24) of the riser; (d) moving the riser by the free end thereof from the riser support assembly toward the target structure by the lifting assembly; and (e) connecting the riser with the target structure. The present invention also relates to a riser support assembly for connecting a riser by a free end thereof with a target structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Salome, Robert Narold, Robert Hovinga, Ion Coppens