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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. 09, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Floyd T Pease, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph T Shelton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114293 ; 114230 ;
Abstract
A disconnect/connect mooring system for a turret moored drillship is disclosed including an anchor, a first mooring line connected at one end to the anchor, including a length of wire rope and a mooring line chain, a submersible buoy connected to the mooring line chain and a second mooring line connected to the buoy chain and extending to the turret moored drillship.