B63B 2021/003
Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for
Official title: {Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for}
B63B2021/003 (Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for) appears on 351 US grants and 346 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 351
- Published applications
- 346
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 752
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 15 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 2021/005Resilient passive elements to be placed in line with mooring or towingIndexing code100
- B63B 2021/008Load monitorsIndexing code42
- B63B 2021/004Quick release elements in mooring connectionsIndexing code38
- B63B 2021/009Drift monitorsIndexing code30
- B63B 2021/006Suction cups, or the likeIndexing code28
- B63B 2021/007Remotely controlled subsea assistance tools, or related methods for handling of anchorsIndexing code26
Recent patents
- Nautical drift managing device and nautical drift managing method25 Aug 2026US 12,717,324 B2Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
- Mooring connector for connecting synthetic fibre ropes25 Aug 2026US RE51,012 E1Nylacast Engineered Products Ltd
- Method for installing at least one mooring line of a floating installation in a body of water and associated floating installation14 Jul 2026US 12,679,508 B2Technip Energies France
- Nearshore logistics anchorage hub16 Jun 2026US 12,654,811 B2Seatrium New Energy Limited
- Air supply apparatus for a ship, ship including the same, and method of supplying air to an air lubrication device16 Jun 2026US 12,654,832 B2Accelleron Switzerland Ltd.
- Automatic boat mooring device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274380 A1
- Underwater tensile rope stress detection system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279706 A1University of Massachusetts
- Swivel-based mooring device and system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249955 A1East Carolina University
- Boat mooring device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242035 A1
- Mooring apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217336 A1BayPointe Enterprises, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mooring buoy with hawser tension indicator system106US 5,284,452 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1994
- Hysteretic damping apparati and methods54US 5,842,312 AE*Sorb Systems · 1998
- Automatic location placement system51US 10,281,917 B22019
- Automatic location placement system39US 9,778,657 B22017
- Vacuum operated boat mooring device34US 5,676,085 ANorthern Pacific Development Corp. · 1997