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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Trendsetter Engineering, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Brent Cox, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey Partridge, Houston, TX (US);
TRENDSETTER ENGINEERING, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A subsea connector system having ejection capability has a first connector with a flange extending radially outwardly therefrom and a second connector. The second connector has a hub, a housing extending around the hub, and an actuator mounted on or in the housing. The actuator is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The actuator bears on the flange of the first connector when in the extended position so as to allow the second connector to be disengaged from the first connector. The first connector is a plurality of collet segments engageable with the hub of the second connector. The actuator causes the plurality of collet segments to separate from the hub when the actuator is in the extended position.