Support device configured to be positioned on a lifting vessel in order to lift a topside from its support structure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10024015
APP PUB NO 20170356153A1
SERIAL NO

15539057

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A support device configured to be positioned on a lifting vessel in order to support a topside of an offshore platform, the support device comprising: a main cylindrical casing having an upper opening, the main casing defining a main vertical axis, the main casing further defining an upper support rim, a reservoir located inside the main casing for holding a granular material or a fluid, the reservoir having a discharge opening for emptying the reservoir, a spring support slideably arranged within the main casing, the spring support resting on the granular material or the fluid and being movable from an upper position to a lower position in dependence on a filing degree of the reservoir, a spring device positioned on the spring support, a receptor support positioned on the spring device, the receptor support defining an upper surface, and a receptor device.

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HEEREMA MARINE CONTRACTORS NEDERLAND SELEIDEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Waard Onno Ludolf Leiden, NL 5 11
Van, Bruggen Ernst Frederik Jacobus Leiden, NL 2 1

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