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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Allan Haney, Houston, TX (US);
Trevor R Mills, Katy, TX (US);
Chunfa Wu, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
McDermott Technology, Inc., New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403321 ; 114264 ; 114242 ;
Abstract
A marine connector that facilitates docking of large floating objects during a sea state that produces significant relative motion between the two objects. A toggle nose is mounted on one floating object and a mating device, a toggle nose receiver, is mounted on the second floating object. The toggle nose contains a toggle mechanism that extends and retracts two opposed transverse pins having conical ends. The toggle nose receiver is provided with corresponding conical sockets to receive the ends of the pins.