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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:
Sep. 28, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
William P Payne, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sun Oil Company (Delaware), Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 24 ; 61110 ; 285-3 ; 285 39 ; 285 93 ; 285317 ; 285D / ;
Abstract
For connecting an offshore structure to a submarine pipeline, a vertically-extending pipeline is built as an integral part of the structure and is provided with a receiver fitting at its lower end which is adapted to mate with a connector fitting provided on the end of the submarine pipeline. By means of special tools, all manipulatable from the surface, mating, locking, and sealing of the two fittings are accomplished, followed by pressure testing of the coupling between such fittings.