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Patent No.:

US 9919779 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016

Natural gas transport vessel

Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Tom Driscoll, San Diego, CA (US);

Alexander Galt Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);

Tony S. Pan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);

David R. Smith, Durham, NC (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Nicholas W. Touran, Seattle, WA (US);

Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles Whitmer, North Bend, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Stephen P Avila

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63B 25/12 (2006.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01); F17C 1/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01); B63G 8/14 (2006.01); B63G 8/36 (2006.01); F17C 11/00 (2006.01); B63B 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63B 25/12 (2013.01); B63G 8/08 (2013.01); B63G 8/14 (2013.01); B63G 8/36 (2013.01); F17C 1/007 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 11/007 (2013.01); B63B 27/24 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0128 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0166 (2013.01); F17C 2201/0176 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2203/066 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0663 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0685 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0176 (2013.01); F17C 2223/035 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0192 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0626 (2013.01); F17C 2265/066 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0131 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lightweight transport vessel transports compressed natural gas underwater without needing to liquefy the gas for transport.

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