Patents by Inventor Rudolf Laurens Lolkes De Beer

Rudolf Laurens Lolkes De Beer 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).

  • Disconnectable mooring system for a vessel
    Patent number: 7510452
    Abstract: A disconnectable mooring system for a vessel comprises a mooring buoy member and a turret structure mounted in a moonpool of the vessel. The mooring buoy member is anchored to the seabed and has a plurality of passages each adapted to receive a riser. The turret structure has a receptacle for receiving the buoy member and a locking device for locking the buoy member in the receptacle. The turret structure accommodates a plurality of conduits to be connected to risers installed in passages of the buoy member and the turret structure is rotatably supported in the moonpool of the vessel by at least a bearing assembly mounted above sea level. The buoy member is provided with a conical outer casing and the receptacle of the turret structure has a cone shape corresponding to the conical outer casing of the buoy member. The turret structure comprises a turntable carrying the conduits to be connected to the risers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Bluewater Energy Services B.V.
    Inventors: Huibert Van Tol, Rudolf Laurens Lolkes De Beer, Pieter Cornelis Burger, Johannes Cornelis Perdijk