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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2006
Applicant:
Larry Rayner Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Larry Rayner Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
RRI Holdings, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to pins that may be selectably operated to engage and disengage socket bores in the assembly and disassembly of large structures, such as floating offshore platforms for deepwater applications. The pin connections can be engaged or disengaged robotically or under direct operator control. The construction and installation of structures utilizing the pin connections will typically use multiple sets of selectably operable pins to connect, support and stabilize the structural components of the structure.