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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Lily T. Birmingham, Laurel, MD (US);
Corey A. Fleischer, Columbia, MD (US);
Alexander C. Boon, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kevin Quinn, Brooklyn, MD (US);
Lily T. Birmingham, Laurel, MD (US);
Corey A. Fleischer, Columbia, MD (US);
Alexander C. Boon, Baltimore, MD (US);
Kevin Quinn, Brooklyn, MD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel in such a way as to permit one translational and three rotational degrees of freedom at the vessel-end of the ramp. When the ramp couples to the stationary platform, the coupling permits no translational and only two rotational degrees of freedom.