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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:
Nov. 03, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward E Horton, Portuguese Bend, CA (US);
Raymond W Walker, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Deep Oil Technology, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114265 ; 114294 ; 285140 ; 285391 ; 403342 ;
Abstract
A tension leg structure for use with a tension leg platform or the like to interconnect an anchor on the sea floor and platform in which the tension leg structure comprises interconnected buoyant pipe members for transmitting tension forces and for withstanding hydrostatic pressure. Each member has internal watertight bulkheads defining a buoyancy chamber. Tremie pipe extends through the bulkheads of each member and has ends terminating in a slipover coupling provided within a joint interconnecting adjacent tension buoyant members.