Andrew S Grant

US Patent:

20130144468, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

May 11, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/470244

Inventors:

Samuel T. Foster - Perry Hall MD, US
Michael Wayne Boshears - Orlando FL, US
Andrew Grant - Ocoee FL, US
Frank Peter Hass - Windermere FL, US
Clifford Allen Jennings - Highland MD, US
Eric Authur King - Westminster MD, US
Kenneth Thomas Kroslowitz - Edgewater FL, US
Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan - Baltimore MD, US
Stephen A. Sywak - Glen Burnie MD, US

Assignee:

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Hanover MD

International Classification:

B62D 5/04
B62D 3/00
B62D 7/06
F16H 21/54

US Classification:

701 2, 74 99 R, 180444, 180 62

Abstract:

A motion assembly that produces pitch and roll motions includes lower and upper plates. A pivotable coupling having upper and lower shafts extending from its center is coupled between the upper and lower plates. At least two linear actuators are coupled between the plates. Extension and retraction of the actuators pivots the upper plate about the pivotable coupling relative to the lower plate. A vehicle includes two steerable propulsion wheels coupled to a chassis. A lower plate of a pitch and roll assembly, similar to that just described, couples to the chassis via a slew bearing. Seating is coupled to the upper plate. The seating rotates with respect to the chassis via controlled rotation of the slew bearing with reference to the chassis. The seating can be rotated to point in any direction with respect to the chassis regardless of the direction the steerable propulsion wheels move the chassis.

US Patent:

20180050722, Feb 22, 2018

Filed:

Oct 26, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/794219

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Michael Wayne Boshears - Orlando FL, US
Andrew Wayne Grant - Ocoee FL, US
Frank Peter Hass - Windmere FL, US
Clifford Allen Jennings - Highland MD, US
Eric Arthur King - Westminster MD, US
Kenneth Thomas Kroslowitz - Edgewater FL, US
Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan - Baltimore MD, US
Stephen A. Sywak - Glen Burnie MD, US

Assignee:

Oceaneering International, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

B62D 5/04
G09B 9/12
G09B 9/04
A63G 21/08
A63G 25/00
A63G 31/08
A63G 31/16
G09B 9/02
F16H 21/54
B62D 7/06
B62D 3/02
B62D 3/00
F16M 11/12
F16M 11/18
A63G 7/00

Abstract:

A motion assembly that produces pitch and roll motions includes lower and upper plates. A pivotable coupling having upper and lower shafts extending from its center is coupled between the upper and lower plates. At least two linear actuators are coupled between the plates. Extension and retraction of the actuators pivots the upper plate about the pivotable coupling relative to the lower plate. A vehicle includes two steerable propulsion wheels coupled to a chassis. A lower plate of a pitch and roll assembly, similar to that just described, couples to the chassis via a slew bearing. Seating is coupled to the upper plate. The seating rotates with respect to the chassis via controlled rotation of the slew bearing with reference to the chassis. The seating can be rotated to point in any direction with respect to the chassis regardless of the direction the steerable propulsion wheels move the chassis.

US Patent:

20150343317, Dec 3, 2015

Filed:

Aug 7, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/821649

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Michael Wayne Boshears - Orlando FL, US
Andrew Grant - Ocoee FL, US
Frank Peter Hass - Windmere FL, US
Clifford Allen Jennings - Highland MD, US
Eric Arthur King - Westminster MD, US
Kenneth Thomas Kroslowitz - Edgewater FL, US
Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan - Baltimore MD, US
Stephen A. Sywak - Glen Burnie MD, US

Assignee:

Oceaneering International, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

A63G 25/00
B62D 5/04
F16H 21/54
B62D 3/02

Abstract:

A motion assembly that produces pitch and roll motions includes lower and upper plates. A pivotable coupling having upper and lower shafts extending from its center is coupled between the upper and lower plates. At least two linear actuators are coupled between the plates. Extension and retraction of the actuators pivots the upper plate about the pivotable coupling relative to the lower plate. A vehicle includes two steerable propulsion wheels coupled to a chassis. A lower plate of a pitch and roll assembly, similar to that just described, couples to the chassis via a slew bearing. Seating is coupled to the upper plate. The seating rotates with respect to the chassis via controlled rotation of the slew bearing with reference to the chassis. The seating can be rotated to point in any direction with respect to the chassis regardless of the direction the steerable propulsion wheels move the chassis.

US Patent:

20140129074, May 8, 2014

Filed:

Nov 7, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/074701

Inventors:

- Hanover MD, US
Andrew Scott Grant - Orlando FL, US
Frank Peter Hass - Orlando FL, US

Assignee:

Oceaneering International, Inc. - Hanover MD

International Classification:

A63G 31/00

US Classification:

701 25, 701117

Abstract:

Method and system of determining if a predetermined amount of time has passed since dispatch of a first one of the plurality of trackless vehicles onto one of a predefined plurality of intersecting paths. If the predetermined amount of time has passed, determining if a second one of the plurality of trackless vehicles was available for dispatch onto the predefined path or another predefined path. If the second trackless vehicle was available for dispatch, dispatching the second trackless vehicle, and if the second trackless vehicle was not available for dispatch, dispatching a third one of the trackless vehicles onto the predefined path or another predefined path. The predetermined amount of time may be calculated based on a time interval on which the trackless vehicles are dispatched onto the predefined plurality of paths.