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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Terence Sheldrake, Billingham, GB;
Jonathan David Leyland, Gateshead, GB;
Inventors:
Terence Sheldrake, Billingham, GB;
Jonathan David Leyland, Gateshead, GB;
Assignee:
GE Oil & Gas UK Limited, Nailsea, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/00 (2006.01); F16L 11/16 (2006.01); F16L 59/153 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 11/16 (2013.01); F16L 59/153 (2013.01); Y10T 29/5185 (2015.01); Y10T 428/13 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24628 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24711 (2015.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a thermal insulation layer in a flexible pipe includes one or more encapsulated regions of aerogel material disposed in a layer of flexible pipe body and a helically wound tape layer having a valley region and hook region that interlock adjacent windings. In addition, a method of manufacturing flexible pipe body includes providing one or more encapsulated regions of thermally insulating aerogel material.