EP3735374A4 - System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles - Google Patents

System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles Download PDF

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EP3735374A4
EP3735374A4 EP19735933.4A EP19735933A EP3735374A4 EP 3735374 A4 EP3735374 A4 EP 3735374A4 EP 19735933 A EP19735933 A EP 19735933A EP 3735374 A4 EP3735374 A4 EP 3735374A4
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launch
recovery
remotely operated
operated vehicles
vehicles
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EP3735374A1 (en
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Douglas Patrick Trail
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Wt Industries LLC
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Wt Industries LLC
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Priority claimed from US15/859,741 external-priority patent/US10328999B2/en
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Publication of EP3735374A4 publication Critical patent/EP3735374A4/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/08—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of winches
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/36—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for floating cargo
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C13/00—Other constructional features or details
    • B66C13/02—Devices for facilitating retrieval of floating objects, e.g. for recovering crafts from water
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66D—CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
    • B66D1/00—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans
    • B66D1/28—Other constructional details
    • B66D1/40—Control devices
    • B66D1/48—Control devices automatic
    • B66D1/50—Control devices automatic for maintaining predetermined rope, cable, or chain tension, e.g. in ropes or cables for towing craft, in chains for anchors; Warping or mooring winch-cable tension control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66D—CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
    • B66D1/00—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans
    • B66D1/60—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans adapted for special purposes
    • B66D1/74—Capstans
    • B66D1/7415—Friction drives, e.g. pulleys, having a cable winding angle of less than 360 degrees
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66D—CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
    • B66D1/00—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans
    • B66D1/60—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans adapted for special purposes
    • B66D1/74—Capstans
    • B66D1/7442—Capstans having a horizontal rotation axis
    • B66D1/7447—Capstans having a horizontal rotation axis driven by motor only
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/16—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of lifts or hoists
    • B63B2027/165—Deployment or recovery of underwater vehicles using lifts or hoists
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
    • B63G8/00—Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor
    • B63G8/001—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations
    • B63G2008/002—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned
    • B63G2008/005—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned remotely controlled
    • B63G2008/007—Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations unmanned remotely controlled by means of a physical link to a base, e.g. wire, cable or umbilical
EP19735933.4A 2018-01-02 2019-01-02 System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles Pending EP3735374A4 (en)

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US15/859,741 US10328999B2 (en) 2014-01-10 2018-01-02 System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles
PCT/US2019/012060 WO2019136074A1 (en) 2018-01-02 2019-01-02 System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles

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EP3735374A1 EP3735374A1 (en) 2020-11-11
EP3735374A4 true EP3735374A4 (en) 2021-10-20

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US4245578A (en) * 1977-09-02 1981-01-20 Compagnie Maritime D'expertises Process and apparatus for handling a diving machine
US4686927A (en) * 1986-02-25 1987-08-18 Deep Ocean Engineering Incorporated Tether cable management apparatus and method for a remotely-operated underwater vehicle
US20120145407A1 (en) * 2009-03-16 2012-06-14 Subsea 7 Limited Method of connecting a flexible riser to an upper riser assembly
US20120210926A1 (en) * 2011-02-18 2012-08-23 Storm Jr Bruce H Dc powered rov and umbilical
US9540076B1 (en) * 2014-01-10 2017-01-10 Wt Industries, Llc System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles
US20170146765A1 (en) * 2014-07-28 2017-05-25 Atlas Elektronik Gmbh Mockup, Mockup System, Underwater Vessel or Sinker, together with a Transfer Mechanism, Vessel and Training Method
WO2017146583A1 (en) * 2016-02-26 2017-08-31 Oceaneering As A system and method of operating a subsea module

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US4245478A (en) 1979-08-17 1981-01-20 Covy Allan P Method for cooling metal turnings and other metals
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4245578A (en) * 1977-09-02 1981-01-20 Compagnie Maritime D'expertises Process and apparatus for handling a diving machine
US4686927A (en) * 1986-02-25 1987-08-18 Deep Ocean Engineering Incorporated Tether cable management apparatus and method for a remotely-operated underwater vehicle
US20120145407A1 (en) * 2009-03-16 2012-06-14 Subsea 7 Limited Method of connecting a flexible riser to an upper riser assembly
US20120210926A1 (en) * 2011-02-18 2012-08-23 Storm Jr Bruce H Dc powered rov and umbilical
US9540076B1 (en) * 2014-01-10 2017-01-10 Wt Industries, Llc System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles
US20170146765A1 (en) * 2014-07-28 2017-05-25 Atlas Elektronik Gmbh Mockup, Mockup System, Underwater Vessel or Sinker, together with a Transfer Mechanism, Vessel and Training Method
WO2017146583A1 (en) * 2016-02-26 2017-08-31 Oceaneering As A system and method of operating a subsea module

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