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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Technipfmc Subsea France, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TechnipFMC Subsea France, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/08 (2006.01); B29C 48/09 (2019.01); B29C 48/21 (2019.01); B29C 63/10 (2006.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01); B29K 271/00 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/083 (2013.01); B29C 48/09 (2019.02); B29C 48/21 (2019.02); B29C 63/10 (2013.01); B29K 2271/00 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2023/006 (2013.01); F16L 2011/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible pipe designed to transport fluids that includes, from the interior toward the exterior: an internal tubular sheath with an axis (A-A') defining an internal passage for fluid circulation; a composite reinforcing structure applied around the tubular sheath and connected to the tubular sheath; at least one sealing layer made of thermoplastic material applied around the composite reinforcing structure; at least one ply of tensile armor, not connected to the sealing layer, the at least one ply of tensile armor ply comprising at least one armor element wound around the sealing layer; the thickness of the sealing layer being less than 15 mm.