IP Library Granted Patent US 9,278,733
Granted Patent B2
US 9,278,733 · App. 13/894,383 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Method of single line mooring

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Patent No.
US 9,278,733
App. No.
13/894,383
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water.

Claims (1)

1. The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line, comprising connecting a first line from said buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting said first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from said second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of said body of water changes the tension on said first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by said weight is less than the change in the depth of said body of water and wherein said first diameter drum is of a larger diameter than said second diameter drum.

Assignments (5)
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: REEL POWER LICENSING CORP.
To: ALLY BANK, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073564/0431 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2018
From: REEL POWER INTERNATIONAL CORP.; REEL POWER INDUSTRIAL INC.; REEL POWER OIL & GAS INC.; REEL POWER LICENSING CORP.
To: CIBC BANK USA
Reel/Frame 046553/0419 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 8, 2015
From: TULSA POWER LICENSING CORP.
To: REEL POWER LICENSING CORP.
Reel/Frame 036819/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2013
From: BAUGH, BENTON F.
To: TULSA POWER LICENSING CORP.
Reel/Frame 031845/0713 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2013
From: SPENCE, MICHAEL LEROY
To: TULSA POWER LICENSING CORP.
Reel/Frame 031845/0778 →