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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Lee Karl Rolf, Inverurie, GB;
Henry William Himsworth, Balsham, GB;
Lukasz Sobczak, Inverurie, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Subsea 7 Limited, Sutton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/237 (2006.01); F16L 1/235 (2006.01); F16L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/235 (2013.01); F16L 1/207 (2013.01); F16L 3/237 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piggybacking clamp for subsea laying of two or more elongate elements in a piggybacked arrangement is disclosed. The piggybacking clamp has a plurality of clamp segments assembled to surround and clamp the elongate elements. Each clamp segment has two or more generally parallel mutually spaced recesses shaped to extend partially around respective ones of the elongate elements. The piggybacking clamp additionally has retainers that hold the clamp segments together when assembled, such that the assembled clamp segments apply clamping forces to the elongate elements in the recesses.