H01B 7/12
Floating cables
H01B7/12 (Floating cables) appears on 27 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01B- Granted patents
- 27
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 61
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- CALM buoy electrical transfer system13 Jan 2026US 12,525,779 B2
- Rigid submarine power cable joint30 Sep 2025US 12,431,696 B2NKT HV Cables AB
- Floating photovoltaic cable manufacturing device for offshore photovoltaic systems and manufacturing method thereof27 May 2025US 12,315,656 B1SUNKEAN Cable Co., Ltd.
- Electric current supply system, designed to be at least partially submerged in an electrically conductive liquid during operation thereof3 May 2022US 11,324,085 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Self-supporting electric power cable and buoy arrangement27 Aug 2019US 10,395,797 B2Nkt Cables Group A/S
- Calm Buoy Electrical Transfer System7 Aug 2025US 2025/0253637 A1
- Rigid submarine power cable joint4 Jan 2024US 2024/0006865 A1NKT HV Cables AB
- Positive electrode and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same21 Dec 2023US 2023/0411599 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- Zero-Buoyancy Cable and Deep-Sea Equipment1 Dec 2022US 2022/0384066 A1Ocean University of China
- An electric current supply system, designed to be at least partially submerged in an electrically conductive liquid during operation thereof15 Oct 2020US 2020/0325585 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for making marine seismic streamers66US 7,142,481 B1PGS Geophysical AS · 2006
- Hydrophone cable57US 4,491,939 AThe Commonwealth of Australia · 1985
- Floatable flexible electric and/or optical line52US 4,745,238 AKabelwerke Reinshagen GmbH · 1988
- Buoyant tether cable47US 4,110,554 ACustom Cable Company · 1978
- Variable buoyancy cable34US 6,239,363 B1Marine Innovations, L.L.C. · 2001