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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bjørn Paulshus, Skedsmokorset, NO;
Per-Ola Baalerud, Stabekk, NO;
Assignee:
Kvaener Oilfield Products A.S., Olso, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 5/08 ;
Abstract
A tension member, for use as a tendon or tether for a tension leg platform consisting of a plurality of carbon fiber filaments ( ) gathered into a plurality of strands ( ) in which the filaments ( ) run against one another, around which strands there is arranged a sheath ( ). The tension member comprises pressure-resisting spacers ( ) having recesses ( ) wherein the strands ( ) are laid singly so that they can move in the longitudinal direction unobstructed by each other and the spacers ( ).