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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Christian Bauduin, Nice, FR;
Jean-loup Isnard, Vence, FR;
Gilles Ballestra, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Antoine Carrasco, Nice, FR;
Christian Bauduin, Nice, FR;
Jean-Loup Isnard, Vence, FR;
Gilles Ballestra, Cagnes sur Mer, FR;
Antoine Carrasco, Nice, FR;
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marley, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a mooring buoy (), comprising a submerged part () and a part extending above water level (). The part above water level comprising a fluid outlet duct () for attaching to a vessel (), the buoy being anchored to the seabed via substantially taut anchor legs (). A substantially horizontally oriented fluid transfer duct () being attached to a connector () of the buoy in a non-rigid manner. The buoy comprises a substantially vertical fluid duct () between the connector () and the outlet duct () and a mooring connector () for attaching to a mooring line () of the vessel, wherein the length (L) of the buoy is between 20 m and 70 m and the ratio of the diameter (D) of the lower part () of the buoy and the length (L) being below 0.3, preferably below 0.2.