Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supporting device, laying vessel, and launch method for laying a pipeline on the bed of a body of water
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Application No.: US15522588Application Date: 2015-11-03
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Publication No.: US10480684B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Stefano Bianchi , Mauro Mottini
- Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT San Donato Milanese
- Assignee: Saipem S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Saipem S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT San Donato Milanese
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Priority: ITMI2014A1881 20141103
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/058503 WO 20151103
- International Announcement: WO2016/071842 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: F16L1/24
- IPC: F16L1/24 ; F16L1/16 ; F16L1/225 ; F16L1/235 ; B63B35/03 ; F16L1/18

Abstract:
A supporting device configured to support a pipeline on the bed of a body of water having a frame connectable in a sliding manner to a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis between a laying vessel and the bed of a body of water; at least one floating body connected to the frame; and at least one connecting mechanism connecting the frame to the floating body and configured to define a distance between the axis of the pipeline and the floating body, so as to apply a torque to the portion of pipeline at the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363228A1 SUPPORTING DEVICE, LAYING VESSEL, AND LAUNCH METHOD FOR LAYING A PIPELINE ON THE BED OF A BODY OF WATER Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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