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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:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Donald Wayne Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Dean Leroy Henning, Needville, TX (US);
LI Lee, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Donald Wayne Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Dean Leroy Henning, Needville, TX (US);
Li Lee, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a system comprising a structure, a vortex induced vibration monitoring system, adapted to monitor a vortex induced vibration level of the structure, a tensioner connected to the structure, and a controller adapted to calculate a tension on the structure to optimize the vortex induced vibration value of the structure.