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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Geir Olav Hovde, His, NO;
Inventor:
Geir Olav Hovde, His, NO;
Assignees:
Technip France, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); F16L 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/015 (2013.01); E21B 17/017 (2013.01); F16L 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly for connecting a flexible line () to an underwater installation (). The line is extended between the underwater installation () and a surface installation (). The line () includes (i) a surface end (), a bottom end () (ii) a contact portion () near the bottom end and a floating portion () which extends between the contact portion () and the surface end (). The contact portion () includes an angled part () that divides the contact portion () into a first part () and a second part. Then angled part () is moored to the bottom () at an anchoring point () located in the opposite direction from both the bottom end () and the floating portion ().