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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Subsea 7 DO Brasil Servicos Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Inventors:
Luiz Carlos De Lemos Junior, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marcelo Aguiar Camara, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Flavio Lage Bormann, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Assignee:
SUBSEA 7 DO BRASIL SERVICOS LTDA, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/23 (2006.01); B63B 35/03 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01); G01L 5/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/23 (2013.01); B63B 35/03 (2013.01); F16L 1/207 (2013.01); G01L 5/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioner system holds back elongate products such as subsea pipelines being laid into water. The system comprises at least one endless circulatory track and an array of rollers supporting the track. Each of the rollers of the array is mounted for rotation around a respective shaft. At least one of the shafts comprises a load pin that is arranged to sense loads applied to the surrounding roller in directions normal to an axis of rotation of that roller.