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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. 11, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter W Marshall, Houston, TX (US);
Paul R Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405202 ; 405205 ; 405227 ;
Abstract
A flexure joint is formed at the base of a buoyant tower structure by piles driven into the ocean floor. The geometric arrangement of these piles increases the buoyant tower's resistance to lateral forces at the base, while allowing rotational displacement about any horizontal axis, and also allows wells to be directed through the piles to formations located a substantial distance from the tower.