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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
John F. O'dea, Laurel, MD (US);
Robert W. Anderson, Alexandria, VA (US);
Sean M. Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ryan T. Hayleck, Fulton, MD (US);
Kellie L. Redcay, Pottstown, PA (US);
Stuart G. Ullman, Kensington, MD (US);
John F. O'Dea, Laurel, MD (US);
Robert W. Anderson, Alexandria, VA (US);
Sean M. Gallagher, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ryan T. Hayleck, Fulton, MD (US);
Kellie L. Redcay, Pottstown, PA (US);
Stuart G. Ullman, Kensington, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A vertical damping system for a plurality of water vessels for diminishing the relative vertical movement between two or more water vessels moored in a skin-to-skin orientation. The vertical damping system may include one or more vertical damping devices, each device pivotally connected to a side portion of a first vessel and detachably connecting to a side portion of a second vessel. The vertical damping device may be a piston/cylinder arrangement and the damping system may involve more than two water vessels. The vertical damping system counteracts the effect of roll motion on water vessels, thereby enabling ship-to-ship functions such as cargo loading and the like.