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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leland Harris Taylor, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mentor Subsea Technology Services, Inc., New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 ;
Abstract
An umbilical constraint mechanism. The mechanism keeps the umbilical line near the center of the payload bay opening when the umbilical line is deployed. The mechanism will transfer lateral umbilical loads into the drone vessel frame near the bottom of the payload bay. A modified cone shaped structure is provided in the payload bay above the normal storage position of the ROV. The cone is mounted on a frame that is capable of sliding up or down in the drone vessel.