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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. 12, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre-Armand Thomas, Puteaux, FR;
Assignee:
TECHNIP Geoproduction, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405227 ; 405228 ;
Abstract
Offshore oil drilling or producing platform comprising a hull (1) carried by legs (2) provided with feet (3) adapted to rest on the sea bed, characterized in that the walls of each of the legs (2) define a space opening onto the respective foot (3) in which are retracted anchoring piles (5) for the leg carried by the foot, each leg (2) being also provided in its upper part with support means (7) in vertical alignment with the piles within the space defined by the walls of the leg (2) for supporting a device for driving the piles into the sea bed.