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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Oceaneering International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Gary R. Spexarth, Houston, TX (US);

Richard Allan Myers, Houston, TX (US);

Kyle William Gebhardt, Houston, TX (US);

Jorge Ramon Mesa, Houston, TX (US);

Jordan Ashley Carter, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/38 (2006.01); F16L 37/23 (2006.01); F16L 37/407 (2006.01); F16L 37/62 (2006.01); F16L 37/33 (2006.01); F16L 1/19 (2006.01); F16L 1/24 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); F16L 37/32 (2006.01); B63B 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/38 (2013.01); B63B 22/00 (2013.01); F16L 1/19 (2013.01); F16L 1/24 (2013.01); F16L 37/23 (2013.01); F16L 37/32 (2013.01); F16L 37/33 (2013.01); F16L 37/407 (2013.01); F16L 37/62 (2013.01); B63B 27/24 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87965 (2015.04);
Abstract

In various embodiments, fluid conduits such as high pressure hoses deployed in-between two sea-fairing vessels may be released during an emergency by using a rapid release emergency disconnect system as described herein, where the rapid release emergency disconnect system may engage with a hanger such as an industry standard frac hanger and be used in-line with fluid conduits such as high-pressure lines. Various skid embodiments are described which can be configured to interface with one or more of the described rapid release emergency disconnect systems.


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