Patents by Inventor Ross FOSTER

Ross FOSTER 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).

  • Publication number: 20160059944
    Abstract: Methods and systems relate to seabed operations, such as well intervention or capping, involving subsea equipment and subsea handling of the equipment, which may be associated with hydrocarbon wells or pipelines. A subsea system submerges during deployment and is landed on the seabed. The system may include a suspension assembly coupled to a frame structure for carrying equipment used in the operations. The deployment of the system may include deploying the frame structure with the equipment from a floating vessel connected to an anchored tether and moving the frame structure under water along the tether toward where anchored and the location for the seabed operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Ross FOSTER
  • Publication number: 20160060993
    Abstract: Methods and systems relate to seabed operations, such as well intervention or capping, involving subsea equipment and subsea handling of the equipment, which may be associated with hydrocarbon wells or pipelines. A subsea system submerges during deployment and is landed on the seabed. The system may include a suspension assembly coupled to a frame structure for carrying equipment used in the operations. The deployment of the system may include deploying the frame structure with the equipment from a floating vessel connected to an anchored tether and moving the frame structure under water along the tether toward where anchored and the location for the seabed operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Ross FOSTER