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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1981
Douglas W Nayler, Houston, TX (US);
Gerald W Gilson, Houston, TX (US);
Fred C Tilker, Houston, TX (US);
James W Albert, Houston, TX (US);
NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A motion compensator for disposition between an offshore support structure and an offshore well structure movable with respect thereto comprises a compensator assembly interconnected with the support structure and the well structure such that relative movement between said structures will cause movement within the compensator assembly, and a position indicator including a cam assembly for measuring the relative movement within the compensator assembly, and a transducer operatively associated with the cam assembly for translating its measurements into a signal.