David R Jordan

US Patent:

6626319, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Jun 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/179746

Inventors:

Neil M. Miller - Mahwah NJ
David L. Jordan - Pawcatuck CT
Joseph J. Cuneo - Dobbs Ferry NY
Edmund G. Tornay - Wadmalaw SC

Assignee:

Electric Boat Corporation - Groton CT

International Classification:

B65D 9012

US Classification:

22056007, 22056008, 22056011, 22056012, 22056015, 220 15, 220562

Abstract:

In the typical embodiment of the invention described in the specification, a prismatic semi-membrane LNG tank is assembled within a support carriage surrounding the top and side walls of the tank and is connected to the tank by a plurality of load bearing insulating support blocks affixed to T-shaped beams on the tank and received in channel shaped members on the support carriage. The tank is assembled within the carriage which is slidably received within a temporary supporting structure and, when the tank has been completed, the integrated carriage and the tank are transferred to the hull of a ship or other permanent support structure. A pipe tower within the tank is affixed to the bottom wall of the tank and slidably connected to a tank dome at the top of the tank which is welded to the top wall of the tank. Stop members limit downward motion of the tank tower with respect to the top wall of the tank.

US Patent:

43130356, Jan 26, 1982

Filed:

Jan 18, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/113383

Inventors:

David S. Jordan - Aberdeen NJ
Roy P. Weber - Bridgewater NJ

Assignee:

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 706
H04M 1516
H04Q 370

US Classification:

179 18BE

Abstract:

A method is disclosed of using the public switched telephone network, including the CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signaling) system, to provide nationwide personal locator telephone service for called subscribers. In accordance with the service, a calling party may reach a called subscriber wherever the subscriber may be located by merely keying from a standard push-button telephone set a personal number unique to the subscriber. A telephone office having access to CCIS sends the number to a centralized data base. A telephone number at which the subscriber is located is returned to the access office, and the call is automatically completed to the telephone number. Other information may be returned to the access office to provide enhanced features. Such features include called subscriber unavailability announcements to the calling party, storage of a caller's telephone number, automatic call-back by the subscriber, and paging of the subscriber. A subscriber may update the information stored at the centralized data base from any telephone.