Patents by Inventor William Bowles Coney

William Bowles Coney 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).

  • System and method for underway autonomous replenishment of ships
    Patent number: 11511829
    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: William Bowles Coney, John Philip Granville, Edin Insanic
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNDERWAY AUTONOMOUS REPLENISHMENT OF SHIPS
    Publication number: 20220009596
    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: William Bowles Coney, John Philip Granville, Edin Insanic
  • System and method for underway autonomous replenishment of ships
    Patent number: 11161572
    Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: William Bowles Coney, John Philip Granville, Edin Insanic