Patents by Inventor Stephen Kibbee

Stephen Kibbee 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).

  • Apparatus and method of installation of a mono-column floating platform
    Publication number: 20060039758
    Abstract: In a floating platform, temporary buoyancy modules detachably mounted on the hull of the floating platform are provided. Each temporary buoyancy module is provided with removable winches for developing initial pre-tension of pre-installed tendons for anchoring the platform at the installation site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Leverette, Kent Davies, Stephen Kibbee
  • Achieving hydrostatic stability of a floating structure
    Publication number: 20050013669
    Abstract: A floating platform includes a hull and a deck mounted on the uppermost end of the hull. The platform is anchored to the seabed by a plurality of tendons connected to the hull at the upper ends thereof and secured to the seabed at the lower ends thereof. The platform includes detachable buoyancy means providing supplemental buoyancy for hydrostatically stabilizing the platform without utilizing a derrick barge while ballasting the platform during installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Leverette, Stephen Kibbee