Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subsea connector
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Application No.: US14406951Application Date: 2013-06-11
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Publication No.: US10035568B2Publication Date: 2018-07-31
- Inventor: Richard Taylor
- Applicant: Flintstone Technology Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Dundee
- Assignee: Flintstone Technology Limited
- Current Assignee: Flintstone Technology Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Dundee
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: GB1210263.8 20120611; GB1219982.4 20121106
- International Application: PCT/GB2013/051535 WO 20130611
- International Announcement: WO2013/186553 WO 20131219
- Main IPC: B63B21/00
- IPC: B63B21/00 ; B63B21/50 ; B63B21/20

Abstract:
There is disclosed a subsea connector (100), e.g. a mooring connector, and a method of mooring a subsea structure to a line, e.g. a mooring chain, with the subsea connector. The subsea connector comprises a first portion (105) and a second portion (110), means for connecting (120) the first portion and the second portion, and means for rotationally aligning the first portion and the second portion. The first and second portions are connectable to a respective line, such as a respective mooring chain. The means for rotationally aligning comprise a first alignment member at least partly spanning across a bore, such as an internal bore, of the first or second portion. The means for rotationally aligning comprise a second alignment member provided by the other of the first or second portion. The first and second alignment members co-act when the first and second portions are brought together or mated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150251731A1 SUBSEA CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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