ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,836, issued on March 31, was assigned to MODEC America Inc. (Houston).
"Surge damping systems and processes for using same" was invented by Hao Yu (Katy, Texas), Yonghui Liu (Houston) and Stephen Lindblade (Waller, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surge damping systems and processes for using same. In some embodiments, a system for mooring a vessel can include a mooring support structure that can include a base structure and a turntable disposed on the base structure. A vessel support structure can be disposed on the vessel. At least one extension arm can be suspended from the vessel support structure. A ballast tank can be conn...