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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
François-régis Pionetti, La Baleine, FR;
Xavier Rocher, Chatou, FR;
François-Régis Pionetti, La Baleine, FR;
Xavier Rocher, Chatou, FR;
Saipem S.A., Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a curvature limiter device constituted by fastening tubular sleeves () end-to-end, the tubular sleeves being fitted at their longitudinal ends with fastener-and-hinge devices () on their top faces and with bottom abutments () diametrically opposite on their bottom faces. The present invention also provides a bottom-to-surface connection installation between undersea equipment such as an undersea well head or the end of an undersea pipe resting on the sea bottom () and a floating support () on the surface, the installation comprising an undersea flexible line () having its curvature controlled by a said curvature limiter device () of the invention, said curvature limiter device being arranged at an intermediate depth between the sea bottom () and the surface ().