Jerome Lee Goldman
Engineering at Gravier St, New Orleans, LA

RE32589, Feb 2, 1988

May 26, 1983

6/498574

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA
Walter H. Michel - New Orleans LA

Friede & Goldman, Ltd. - New Orleans LA

E21B 712

405198

A system for making a "jack-up" rig with its jacked-up legs and hull rigid and fixed together by the use of "rack chock" elements which are designed to absorb the maximum axial chord loading on the legs and transmit them directly into the hull. The "rack chock" elements are configured preferrably with a number of matching teeth for exact, in-line engagement with the legs' rack teeth, and are capable of being adjusted for vertical alignment and horizontal positioning to mate with the rack teeth position. By a series of screw jacks and/or secondary chocks, the "rack chock" elements provide rigid contact with both the legs and the hull structure and eliminate the requirement for the jack pinions to take the load (as is done in the prior art) in either jacked-up or ocean-tow dispositions.

5092712, Mar 3, 1992

Jun 7, 1990

7/535016

Jerome Goldman - New Orleans LA
Roy M. Bennett - Gretna LA

E02B 1708

405196

The invention relates to an offshore platform assembly which uses inclined legs. The improved assembly provides for the use of a floatable hull which has a plurality of cylindrical wells extending vertically through the hull body and a plurality of legs which are supported by the hull in transit and which support the hull in a working condition. Each chord of the supporting leg passes through a corresponding well formed in the hull and compresses a flexible guide positioned within the well of the hull to reduce the bending moment imposed on the leg during elevation of the hull, induced by the sagging of the hull or by severe storm. The flexible guide has a compressible member which moves laterally, to a limited distance, to absorb the bending moment. The compressible member can be a resilient sleeve, a spring or other laterally movable and adjustable member.

4966495, Oct 30, 1990

Jul 19, 1988

7/221422

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

B63B 3544

405224

A floating drilling and production unit comprising two independently floating bodies: (1) an outer, larger, substantially cylindrical buoyant caisson with an enlarged skirt wellhead buoy captured within the central well of the outer caisson. The outer caison supports the weight of the drilling platform, machinery, storage and living quarters and is ballasted and anchored in a manner similar to a conventional semisubmersible vessel. The constant tension buoy supports the wellheads of completed wells and is held in a constant position relative to the ocean floor much like a tension leg platform by the production risers of completed wells, tendons, or a combination of tendons and risers. Production risers are kept taut by the buoyancy of the constant tension buoy. The constant tension buoy has a tapered shape that minimizes contact and interaction between the wellhead buoy and the caisson.

4995762, Feb 26, 1991

May 11, 1990

7/522319

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

E63B 3544

405195

A floating drilling and production unit comprising two independently floating bodies: (1) an outer, larger, substantially cylindrical buoyant caisson with an enlarged skirt around its lower perimeter to dampen sea-induced motions and (2) a wellhead buoy captured within the central well of the outer caisson. The outer caisson supports the weight of the drilling platform, machinery, storage and living quarters and is ballasted and anchored in a manner similar to a conventional semisubmersible vessel. The constant tension buoy supports the wellheads of completed wells and is held in a constant position relative to the ocean floor much like a tension leg platform by the production risers of completed wells, tendons, or a combination of tendons and risers. Production risers are kept taut by the buoyancy of the constant tension buoy. The constant tension buoy has a tapered shape that minimizes contact and interaction between the wellhead buoy and the caisson.

4269543, May 26, 1981

Aug 29, 1979

6/070672

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA
Walter H. Michel - New Orleans LA

Freiede & Goldman, Ltd. - New Orleans LA

E21B 712

405198

A system for making a "jack-up" rig with its jacked-up legs and hull rigid and fixed together by the use of "rack chock" elements which are designed to absorb the maximum axial chord loadings on the legs and transmit them directly into the hull. The "rack chock" elements are configured preferrably with a number of matching teeth for exact, in-line engagement with the legs' rack teeth, and are capable of being adjusted for vertical alignment and horizontal positioning to mate with the rack teeth position. By a series of screw jacks and/or secondary chocks, the "rack chock" elements provide rigid contact with both the legs and the hull structure and eliminate the requirement for the jack pinions to take the load (as is done in the prior art) in either jacked-up or ocean-tow dispositions.

4968181, Nov 6, 1990

Apr 7, 1989

7/334690

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

E02B 1700

405211

A new and improved shock absorber mechanism and method for use on the leg structure of a jack-up offshore drilling rig is disclosed. The shock absorbing mechanism is designed to be mounted on the bottom of each existing leg of a drilling rig and comprises a pointed piston member which is positioned on the bottom of the leg structure, wherein the piston member projects downward through the can/footing of the rig leg and is held in place by a resilient tension member which is designed to absorb shock forces during vertical/axial impact of the leg structure when contact is made with the ocean floor.

5353727, Oct 11, 1994

Apr 10, 1992

7/866577

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

B63B 4318

114 74A

The invention relates to marine vessels equipped with collision guards made in the form of a fender module secured to the exterior surface of the hull and supported thereby. The module, which can be one or more in number, is filled with lightweight buoyant material and protects the hull proper from collision damage, or it can be made in the form of a hollow shell divided into a plurality of watertight compartments.

5921714, Jul 13, 1999

Oct 16, 1997

8/951981

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

E02B 1708, B66F 104

405198

A device for releasing of a frozen screw pressed against a contact surface uses a compression disc pre-loaded to an anticipated amount of deflection prior to mounting between the contact surface and the screw. The disc has an insert formed from a granulated material mixed with a water soluble binder, allowing to wash out the insert and cause collapse of the disc, so as to break the connection between the contact surface and the screw.

5622452, Apr 22, 1997

Sep 21, 1995

8/531513

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

E02B 1706

405198

The invention relates to a jack-up rig unit for offshore use which has a floatable hull supportable by one or more legs above a water line, a jack-up unit for elevating the hull and a rack chock assembly for rigidly locking the legs to the hull without introducing substantial bending moments in the legs. The rack chock assembly is laterally movable into and out of engagement with respect to the legs and, in case of a lock-up between the leg and the rack chock assembly, the invention provides for the use of a wedge member incorporated into a rack chock assembly, with a wedge member adapted for a limited sliding movement in relation to a longitudinal axis of the leg, so as to break locked engagement between the teeth of the rack chock assembly and the leg.

5617806, Apr 8, 1997

Oct 24, 1994

8/328748

Jerome L. Goldman - New Orleans LA

B63B 4318

114 74A

The invention relates to a device for allowing securing of a collision guard to a side of a vessel. A vertically oriented post is fixedly attached to and extends upwardly from the collision guard and has an upper part which is received in a gap formed between a pair of vertically spaced-apart horizontally extending retainer plates. An enclosure formed between the retainer plates surrounds the posts on those sides which do not face the hull of the vessel. Adjustable screw jacks extend through the openings formed in the enclosure side walls to selectively adjustably contact the side walls of the post to thereby secure the retainer plates to the post. An attachment bolster mounted on a top deck of the vessel allows fixed attachment of the retainer plates to the vessel.