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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:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
May. 18, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9 8 / ; 114242 ; 114293 ; 405171 ;
Abstract
The equipment is connected through a line to an auxiliary buoyant element to form an assembly of positive buoyancy, the equipment to be submerged and the auxiliary element being at first held in spaced relationship. The equipment is thereafter dropped into water, the length of the connecting line being so limited that the equipment then becomes suspended in water under the auxiliary element without reaching the water bottom. The location of the assembly is then optionally adjusted, and its buoyancy is reduced to a negative value.