Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interconnecting optical fibers at a hydrocarbon fluid production facility
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Application No.: US15323570Application Date: 2015-07-03
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Publication No.: US09939588B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Matheus Norbertus Baaijens , William Birch , Arthur Alexander Van Rooyen
- Applicant: SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V. , SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: EP14175937 20140707
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/065187 WO 20150703
- International Announcement: WO2016/005280 WO 20160114
- Main IPC: G02B6/32
- IPC: G02B6/32 ; E21B17/02 ; E21B33/04 ; E21B33/12

Abstract:
A cost efficient and pressure resistant system for interconnecting fiber optical cables in-situ at a hydrocarbon fluid production facility comprises:—a pressure resistant light transparent window (41);—a first lens system (48A-C), which is arranged at one side of the window and configured to convert a first light beam transmitted through a first fiber optical cable (46A-C) into a collimated light beam (51A-C) that is transmitted through the window; and—a second lens system (50A-C), which is arranged at an opposite side of the window and configured to receive and reconvert the collimated light beam into a second light beam that is transmitted into a second fiber optical cable (47A-C).
Public/Granted literature
- US20170139147A1 INTERCONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS AT A HYDROCARBON FLUID PRODUCTION FACILITY Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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