ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,053, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SOFEC INC (Houston).
"Disconnectable yoke mooring systems and processes for using same" was invented by Arun S. Duggal (Houston), Stephen P. Lindblade (Waller, Texas), Miles Hobdy (Richmond, Texas) and Hao Yu (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Yoke mooring systems and processes for using same. The system can include a turntable connected to and rotatable with respect to a base. A yoke can be connected to the turntable such that the yoke can at least partially rotate about a longitudinal axis of the yoke and at least partially rotate about a second axis that can be orthogonal to the lon...