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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randall W. Nish, Provo, UT (US);
Assignee:
Edo Corporation, Fiber Science Division, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 5/34 ;
Abstract
A buoyancy system for a floating platform includes at least one composite buoyancy module coupled to a riser. The composite buoyancy module is sized to have a volume to produce a buoyancy force. The composite buoyancy module may include a vessel with a composite vessel wall. A layer of buoyant material fills the volume of the vessel between a stem pipe and the vessel. The buoyant material may be foam. The layer may include a plurality of discrete sections interconnected to form the layer. Protrusions and indentations may be formed in the sections to mate and interlock the sections.