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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:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405172 ; 405171 ;
Abstract
This device comprises a pipe formed of separate flexible pipe sections which in use are supported by buoyant elements maintained immersed by anchoring means. The flexible pipe sections are interconnected by couplings with at least some of these couplings being connected to a buoyant element and comprising stress limiters applied to the pipe sections adjacent said couplings.