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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L. Fontenot, Houston, TX (US);
Miles A. Hobdy, Houston, TX (US);
L. Terry Boatman, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 2/100 ;
Abstract
An uplift spring assembly to compensate for hull deflection at a main bearing of a mooring turret is disclosed. Elastomeric pads are used to react turret uplift because of their properties of large deflections and resistance to cold weather. Tie rods are provided to transmit the uplift loads into the elastomeric pads. The elastomeric pads react the uplift loads in compression. The assembly arrangement prevents the elastomeric pads from reacting tension loads.