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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:
Jan. 25, 1977
Filed:
May. 05, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Reynolds, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Assignee:
Western Gear Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114256 ; 175-5 ; 254172 ; 254 / ; 267126 ;
Abstract
A riser is tensioned from a floating platform by the use of one or more active hydraulic heave compensator units, each having an in-line backup unit coupled thereto so that the backup unit will automatically take over the load if there is loss of pressure in the active unit.