B63B 2027/165
Deployment or recovery of underwater vehicles using lifts or hoists
Official title: {Deployment or recovery of underwater vehicles using lifts or hoists}
B63B2027/165 (Deployment or recovery of underwater vehicles using lifts or hoists) appears on 161 US grants and 166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Floating inspection sensor elevator system15 Sep 2026US 12,735,303 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Ship comprising a system for adapting a removable module and adapted removable module5 May 2026US 12,617,497 B2Exail
- Autonomous data acquisition system and method10 Mar 2026US 12,571,930 B2BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Uncrewed offshore node deployment systems and methods24 Feb 2026US 12,559,213 B2BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
- Device for recovering a vessel at sea6 Jan 2026US 12,515,922 B2Thales
- Hydraulically Lifted Apparatus, And Methods Of Use, For Launching Vehicles From Ships6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225690 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Coupling device for connecting an unmanned underwater vehicle to a floating vehicle and navigation assembly comprising said coupling device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184403 A1
- Modular rov deployment system23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109437 A1
- Self-leveling rotary handling-type multi-autonomous underwater vehicle (auv) docking and transfer devices and methods thereof23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109438 A1Harbin Engineering University
- System, apparatus and method for a hook end effector9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097829 A1USA AS Represented By the Sec of the Navy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for deploying, recovering, servicing, and operating an autonomous underwater vehicle115US 6,390,012 B1Coflexip · 2002
- Subsea payload installation system42US 5,069,580 AFSSL, Inc. · 1991
- System for handling a remotely operated vessel33US 5,378,851 AHer Majesty the Queen in right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Fisheries of Oceans · 1995
- Multi-ROV delivery system and method28US 6,260,504 B1Oceaneering International, Inc. · 2001
- Apparatus for interconnecting an underwater vehicle and a free-floating pod26US 5,291,194 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1994