Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – For mooring a vessel
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-08
2005-02-08
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
For mooring a vessel
C114S230150
Reexamination Certificate
active
06851994
ABSTRACT:
A disconnectable mooring system for connecting an LNG carrier vessel to a permanently moored LNG liquefaction process vessel in combination with an LNG offloading system. One end of a mooring yoke is suspended from a frame at the stern of the LNG process vessel. A male coupler is mounted to an opposite end of the mooring yoke via a universal joint. A female coupler is mounted on the LNG carrier vessel, with pull-in arrangements for pulling the LNG carrier vessel into position and the male coupler into selective coupling with the female coupler.
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Boatman L. Terry
Duggal Arun S.
Etheridge Charles O.
McCollum Jerry L.
Andrews & Kurth LLP
Avila Stephen
Busy Gary L.
FMC Technologies Inc.
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