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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Viv Solutions Llc, Richmond, TX (US);
Inventors:
Donald Wayne Allen, Richmond, TX (US);
Dean Leroy Henning, Richmond, TX (US);
William Andrew West, Friendswood, TX (US);
Philip Albert Larson, La Mirada, CA (US);
Assignee:
VIV Solutions LLC, Richmond, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/15 (2006.01); F16L 3/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 39/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/15 (2013.01); B29C 39/08 (2013.01); B29C 47/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/772 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a fairing operable to suppress a vortex-induced vibration of a tubular, the fairing having a body portion and a tail portion that tapers from the body portion to an end portion, the body portion defining an annulus dimensioned to encircle a tubular. The apparatus further including a stabilizing member positioned along the body portion, the stabilizing member being dimensioned to stabilize the fairing along a tubular positioned within the annulus.