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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2002
Tony Alan Rodgers, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Duane Fross, Houston, TX (US);
ABB Offshore Systems, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tool lands a flowline connector on a base and soft land the connector to a mandrel. After the tool lands on the base, the tool locks to the base and then pushes the connector the mandrel until it abuts locks to the member. The tool has at least one ring assembly with a number of dogs per ring assembly. Each dog moves in unison with a follower relative to a cam ring in a slot. The movement along the slot moves the dogs radially and circumferentially relative to the cam ring. An actuator moves a follower ring that slides relative to the cam ring which moves the follower. Each dog remains in contact with the cam ring after moving radially inward because of protuberances on each dog that slide from a recess as the dog moves circumferentially and radially inward.