Patents by Inventor Wilbur H. Goss

Wilbur H. Goss 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).

  • Control force tank and method for stabilizing floating vessels
    Patent number: 4176614
    Abstract: Control forces for stabilizing semi-submersible platforms are provided outboard the platform columns, at a point approximately where the free surface of the water intersects the columns, without altering the internal arrangements or structure of the platform and employing equipment which develops pressures needed to impose control forces only. In a similar manner, control forces for stabilizing pitch and roll motions in ships and to effectively damp the oscillatory motion of the water level in a "moon pool" are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: SeaTek Corporation
    Inventors: Wilbur H. Goss, Gunnar B. Bergman