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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:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Momen A. Wishahy, Katy, TX (US);
James N. Brekke, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Momen A. Wishahy, Katy, TX (US);
James N. Brekke, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for increasing the overturning moment resistance of a jack-up drilling rig that includes the step of attaching at least one lateral leg support to at least one jack-up leg, wherein the jack-up leg is secured and has a lattice framework. The invention is also directed to a system and apparatus for increasing the overturning moment resistance of a support member with a lattice framework.