B63B 27/36
Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for floating cargo
Official title: {Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment} for floating cargo {(deployment or recovery of underwater vehicles using lifts of hoists B63B27/16)}
B63B27/36 (Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for floating cargo) appears on 283 US grants and 226 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 283
- Published applications
- 226
- Assignees
- 171
- Inventors
- 507
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Underwater drift tracking system based on maritime positioning platform23 Jun 2026US 12,663,500 B2Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Ship comprising a system for adapting a removable module and adapted removable module5 May 2026US 12,617,497 B2Exail
- Line sensor deployment and recovery apparatus and system with integrated level-wind5 May 2026US 12,617,651 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Method for transferring energy storage medium between power generation floating body and transport vessel in offshore power generation system31 Mar 2026US 12,589,838 B1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Afloat structure for launching and recovering vessels10 Mar 2026US 12,570,377 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Methods, systems, and apparatuses for solar energy collection for marine vessels2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189180 A1Voltic Shipping Corp.
- A ship and a method of loading and unloading a ship14 May 2026US 2026/0131872 A1Omt Naval Aps
- Method for transferring energy storage medium between power generation floating body and transport vessel in offshore power generation system2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091852 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and system for collecting storage medium for offshore power generation energy19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077836 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048826 A1Impossible Metals Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for deploying, recovering, servicing, and operating an autonomous underwater vehicle115US 6,390,012 B1Coflexip · 2002
- Modular autonomous underwater vehicle system110US 5,995,882 A1999
- Method and apparatus for deploying and recovering water borne vehicles101US 5,253,605 AApplied Remote Technology, Inc. · 1993
- Machine for gripping, securing and handling underwater vehicles and the like52US 5,253,606 ARiva Calzoni S.p.A. · 1993
- Launch and recovery system for unmanned underwater vehicles51US 6,779,475 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2004