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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
David C. Riggs, Coppell, TX (US);
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
David C. Riggs, Coppell, TX (US);
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., , CH;
Abstract
A riser connector connects the upper portion of a riser () having a latching enlargement () to a receptacle () on a vessel (), so the riser upper end () can connect to a fluid coupling () leading to a conduit () on the vessel. A double-click mechanism (), with parts on the enlargement and on the receptacle, turns a load ring on the enlargement to latch the enlargement in place when it is lifted to an upper position and lowered to a latched position, and releases it by again lifting and lowering. A cable coupling () is temporarily mounted on the top of the riser to enable the riser to be lifted by a cable (), the cable coupling being later removed to connect the riser upper end to the fluid coupling on the vessel.