The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Technip France, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventor:
Sylvain Routeau, Saint Cloud, FR;
Assignee:
TECHNIP FRANCE, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/16 (2006.01); F16L 3/18 (2006.01); E02D 27/52 (2006.01); F16L 1/235 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01); B63B 35/03 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/01 (2006.01); F16L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/16 (2013.01); E02D 27/52 (2013.01); F16L 1/20 (2013.01); F16L 1/235 (2013.01); F16L 3/18 (2013.01); B63B 35/03 (2013.01); E02D 27/525 (2013.01); E02D 2200/1685 (2013.01); E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); E21B 43/01 (2013.01); F16L 1/161 (2013.01); F16L 1/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method has the following steps: a) providing an undersea foundation arranged on the bed of a body of water; b) laying a section of pipe and of an in-line structure on the foundation and allowing the section of pipe to freely self-orient on the foundation; c) placing at least one guide on the foundation on both sides of the section of pipe; d) blocking the guide on the foundation to laterally clamp the section of pipe with respect to the foundation, while authorizing a longitudinal movement of the section of pipe with respect to the guide.