US 12,227,273 B2
Marine salvage drill assemblies and systems
Joseph E. Farrell, III, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Thomas Adriaan Bambach, Gouda (NL); Patrick Louis Tielman, Gouda (NL); Cornelis Hendrikus Geurtsen, Groenekan (NL); Alexander van der Speld, Gouda (NL); Todd Jeffrey Schauer, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Matthew Ken Bierwagen, London (GB); and Nolan Blake Conway, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to Resolve Marine Group, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Resolve Marine Group, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,479.
Application 17/231,380 is a division of application No. 16/356,398, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,014,639, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 18/206,479 is a continuation of application No. 17/844,594, filed on Jun. 20, 2022, granted, now 11,708,139.
Application 17/844,594 is a continuation of application No. 17/231,380, filed on Apr. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,364,982, issued on Jun. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,676, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076020 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B63C 11/52 (2006.01); B23B 41/00 (2006.01); B25H 1/00 (2006.01); B63B 73/00 (2020.01); B63C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 11/52 (2013.01) [B23B 41/00 (2013.01); B25H 1/0071 (2013.01); B63B 73/00 (2020.01); B63C 7/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An underwater drilling assembly, comprising:
a frame, comprising:
a plurality of legs, wherein each leg comprises:
a post comprising an end; and
a suction cup at the end;
a linear actuator;
a drill assembly mounted to the frame and configured to drill a hole in a ship skin centrally with respect to the plurality of legs, wherein the drill assembly is coupled to the linear actuator, and wherein the drill assembly comprises:
a bit drive, wherein the actuation of the linear actuator is configured to linearly actuate the bit drive relative to the frame; and
a fastener configured to be driven by the bit drive, wherein the fastener comprises:
a head configured to be driven by the bit drive;
a shank extending from the head;
self-tapping threads securable to the ship skin; and
a cutting body to lead the self-tapping threads into the ship skin, wherein the bit drive is configured to simultaneously rotate the cutting body and the self-tapping threads to secure the fastener to the ship skin.