US 11,834,139 B1
Submerged container system for stabilizing environmentally-induced motion of a maritime structure
Rebecca L. Williams, Huntsville, AL (US); Jeffrey L. Lindner, Huntsville, AL (US); Frederick S. Gant, Huntsville, AL (US); Hannah C. Kish, Macclenny, FL (US); and John S. Townsend, Union Grove, AL (US)
Assigned to LINC RESEARCH, INC., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed by Linc Research, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,709.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/473,713, filed on Jun. 17, 2022.
Int. Cl. B63B 39/06 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 39/06 (2013.01) [B63B 2039/068 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion stabilizing system, comprising:
at least one stabilizer adapted to be coupled to a structure in a water environment, each said stabilizer including a tension member, an open-ended container having a set of holes, and at least one one-way valve associated with said holes wherein, for each said stabilizer,
said tension member has a first end and a second end, said first end adapted to be coupled to a portion of the structure and said second end being disposed in the water environment, and
said container being coupled to said tension member and suspended in the water environment; and
said at least one one-way valve operable to seal said holes when the portion of the structure moves away from said container and operable to unseal said holes when the portion of the structure moves towards said container, wherein said container is configured to have an internal volume that increases when the portion of the structure moves away from said container and decreases when the portion of the structure moves towards said container.