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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:
GE Oil & Gas Uk Limited, Nailsea, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Fernando Bezerra Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Italo de Lemos Souza, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Valdeir Tinoco da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Assignee:
GE Oil & Gas UK Limited, Nalsea, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/01 (2006.01); B21C 37/12 (2006.01); E21B 17/08 (2006.01); F16L 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/01 (2013.01); B21C 37/12 (2013.01); E21B 17/085 (2013.01); F16L 11/083 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4978 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49799 (2015.01);
Abstract
A flexible pipe and method of producing a flexible pipe are disclosed. The method includes bending armour wires of a flexible pipe body about 10 to 50 degrees from a longitudinal axis of the pipe body using a temporary collar member; inserting a further collar member radially inwards of the bent armour wires such that a portion of the armour wires lay over the further collar member; and mating the flexible pipe body and further collar member with an end fitting body.