B63G 2008/007
By means of a physical link to a base
Official title: {by means of a physical link to a base, e.g. wire, cable or umbilical}
B63G2008/007 (By means of a physical link to a base) appears on 179 US grants and 201 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63G- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 201
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 544
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 13 | 11 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Splash zone inspection robot15 Sep 2026US 12,735,156 B2Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Power distribution and driving system for remotely underwater operated vehicle4 Aug 2026US 12,698,068 B2Zhuzhou Crrc Times Electric Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle for installing anchors in an underwater substrate2 Jun 2026US 12,643,642 B2Other Lab, LLC
- Method for remote placement of underwater isolation barriers2 Jun 2026US 12,644,553 B2
- Unmanned underwater vehicle and system for the maintenance and inspection of underwater facilities and method of managing a tether to supply power and to control said underwater vehicle21 Apr 2026US 12,606,285 B2Saipem S.P.A.
- Remotely operated towed vehicle for sub-seabed sonar imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307769 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Line-handling improvement and retrofit kit for a submersible conveyance2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091860 A1USA AS Represented By the Sec of the Navy
- Cage Deployment System2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091861 A1Oceaneering International, Inc.
- Rov tether management19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077842 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Launch and recovery system and method22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021871 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Remotely operated underwater vehicle64US 4,721,055 AUnderwater Systems Australia Limited · 1988
- Underwater investigation system using multiple unmanned vehicles62US 6,854,410 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2005
- Underwater cable deployment system and method57US 6,588,980 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc. · 2003
- Method and apparatus for cleaning, viewing and documenting the condition of weldments on offshore platforms51US 4,502,407 AShell Oil Company · 1985
- Remote operated vehicles49US 6,662,742 B2H2EYE (International) Limited · 2003