Anchor containing a self deploying mooring system and method of automatically deploying the mooring system from the anchor

US7963242B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas S. Wiggin · Jamestown, US
• David Sharp · San Jose, US
• Marc A. Brown · Tubac, US
• Christopher C. Mello · Newport, US
• Frank H. Hitzke · Spooner, US
• David A. Giroux · South Kingstown, US
• Douglas L. Veilleux, II · Rochester, US
• Emily J. Pikor · Portsmouth, US
• Edward M. Gaboriault, Jr. · Lincoln, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B63B22/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An anchor holds a variety of mooring system elements, including processor-controlled cable brakes, prior to deployment of the anchor. The anchor is configured to automatically deploy the elements of the mooring system into a desired underwater configuration. A method of deploying an ocean anchor includes controlling cable brakes and results in the elements of the mooring system being deployed into a desired underwater configuration.