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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:
Aug. 14, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lee R Denman, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405158 ; 340 / ;
Abstract
An offshore pipe laying system and method employs a remotely controllable submersible to track along the pipe line as laid on the sea bed. A sonic location device on the submersible enables the position of the touch down point of the pipe being laid to be determined. The deviation of this position from the intended track of the pipeline is computed and the pipe laying vessel is controlled to reduce this deviation.