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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Seahorse Equipment Corp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
David C. Riggs, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Seahorse Equipment Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/05 (2006.01); F16L 3/00 (2006.01); F16L 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/00 (2013.01); E21B 17/01 (2013.01); E21B 19/004 (2013.01); F03G 7/05 (2013.01); F16L 27/04 (2013.01); Y02E 10/34 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49815 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A gimbal that provides for passive vertical latching and unlatching of a Cold Water Pipe (CWP) in a floating vessel such as an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) facility is sealingly connected to a cold water sump on the floating vessel. The CWP gimbal is capable of reacting all static and dynamic forces of the suspended CWP at angles on the order of +/−20 degrees while remaining sealed at high differential pressures.