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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Rodney H. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Cecil M. Brandon, Jr., Spring, TX (US);
Stuart John Harbert, Houston, TX (US);
Kurt D. Vandervort, Cypress, TX (US);
Bill Griffith, Houston, TX (US);
Rodney H. Masters, Houston, TX (US);
Cecil M. Brandon, Jr., Spring, TX (US);
Stuart John Harbert, Houston, TX (US);
Kurt D. Vandervort, Cypress, TX (US);
Bill Griffith, Houston, TX (US);
VIV Suppression, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a compliant banding system for use in a marine environment comprising a flexible compliant member and an abaxial relatively rigid strap, both constructed to extend circumferentially around an underlying structure such as a strake or fairing collar. The strap maintains a fixed circumference while the compliant member flexes intermediate the strap and an underlying.