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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Stephen L. Bailey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Lewis D. Madden, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Steven J. Schmitz, Sr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen L. Bailey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Lewis D. Madden, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Steven J. Schmitz, Sr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ship-to-shore interface includes a shipside ramp and a shoreside ramp. The shoreside ramp is securely fixed to the shoreline. The shoreside ramp has one or more physical adaptations that enable it to passively engage the shipside ramp. In the illustrative embodiment, the physical adaptation is a plurality of recesses that receive a lug that depends from the shoreside end of the shipside ramp.