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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L. Fontenot, Houston, TX (US);
Charles A. Zimmermann, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
FMC Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B63B 2/202 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B63B 2/202 ;
Abstract
A submerged connection assembly for connecting an end of a pipeline to a flexible hose that runs to a SPM buoy including an elastic suspension arrangement between the SPM buoy and the connection assembly.