Patent SG-11201811832Q-A (SG)
Title: Lift frame storage and deployment
Inventor: VU VAN VAN
IPC: B63B27/04
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 01110101011111011111010011111111011111111011111111111111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\"1 WO 2018/009865 Al 11 January 2018 (11.01.2018) W I PO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, B63B 27/04 (2006.01) E21B 19/00 (2006.01) KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, B63B 35/44 (2006.01) E21B 19/02 (2006.01) MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (21) International Application Number: OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, PCT/US2017/041196 SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 07 July 2017 (07.07.2017) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (26) Publication Language: English UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (30) Priority Data: EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 62/359,570 07 July 2016 (07.07.2016) US MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (71) Applicant: ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPO- KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). RATED [US/US]; 5847 San Felipe, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas 77057 (US). Declarations under Rule 4.17: (72) Inventor: VU, Van Van; Ensco International Incorporated, — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a 5847 San Felipe, Suite 3300, Houston, Texas 77057 (US). patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the (74) Agent: DOOLEY, Matthew C. et al.; P.O. Box 692289, earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) — Houston, Texas 77269 (US). = Published: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) = _ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, = (54) Title: LIFT FRAME STORAGE AND DEPLOYMENT = (57) : Techniques and systems to store and deploy a lift frame (22) of an = offshore vessel (10). A device (42) may include a member arm (46) comprising a locking feature (60) configured to couple the member arm (46) to a lift frame (22) = = ),\ of the offshore vessel (10). The device (42) may also include a base (48) configured to be coupled to a drill floor (44) of the offshore vessel (10), wherein the base (48) = = / V II comprises a joint (50) configured to allow for rotation of the member arm (46) and the lift frame (22) from a storage position having a first angle between the member arm (46) and the drill floor (42) and a deployment position having a second angle = = V 2 tl between the member arm (46) and the drill floor (42). 009865 Al 111111111111111111 ii / s4 li 1 4 Iii ii T. I , lfi I 11 © 4 ei I/G. 3 C