CA3201578A1 - Improved mooring connector - Google Patents

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CA3201578A1
CA3201578A1 CA3201578A CA3201578A CA3201578A1 CA 3201578 A1 CA3201578 A1 CA 3201578A1 CA 3201578 A CA3201578 A CA 3201578A CA 3201578 A CA3201578 A CA 3201578A CA 3201578 A1 CA3201578 A1 CA 3201578A1
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connector
line
movable
arrangement
transverse axis
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Richard Taylor
David Smith
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Flintstone Technology Ltd
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Flintstone Technology Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/507Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets
    • B63B21/508Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets connected to submerged buoy
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/20Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/502Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers by means of tension legs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/50Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers
    • B63B21/507Anchoring arrangements or methods for special vessels, e.g. for floating drilling platforms or dredgers with mooring turrets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B2021/003Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B2021/005Resilient passive elements to be placed in line with mooring or towing chains, or line connections, e.g. dampers or springs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/20Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof
    • B63B2021/203Mooring cables or ropes, hawsers, or the like; Adaptations thereof

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Laying Of Electric Cables Or Lines Outside (AREA)
  • Quick-Acting Or Multi-Walled Pipe Joints (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
CA3201578A 2020-12-09 2021-11-30 Improved mooring connector Pending CA3201578A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2019391.8 2020-12-09
GBGB2019391.8A GB202019391D0 (en) 2020-12-09 2020-12-09 Improved mooring connector
GB2115851.4 2021-11-04
GB2115851.4A GB2598677B (en) 2020-12-09 2021-11-04 Improved mooring connector
PCT/EP2021/083529 WO2022122466A1 (en) 2020-12-09 2021-11-30 Improved mooring connector

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CA3201578A1 true CA3201578A1 (en) 2022-06-16

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CA3201578A Pending CA3201578A1 (en) 2020-12-09 2021-11-30 Improved mooring connector

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US (1) US20240067308A1 (ko)
EP (1) EP4240645A1 (ko)
JP (1) JP2023554613A (ko)
KR (1) KR20230113811A (ko)
AU (1) AU2021394549A1 (ko)
CA (1) CA3201578A1 (ko)
WO (1) WO2022122466A1 (ko)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2624178A (en) * 2022-11-08 2024-05-15 Flintstone Tech Limited Support apparatus for a mooring device
KR102626590B1 (ko) * 2023-12-12 2024-01-19 주식회사 에이스이앤티 해상 부유체의 계류하중 완충장치

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EP2414217B1 (en) * 2009-04-02 2013-04-17 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. Disconnectable chain connector
FR2959476A1 (fr) * 2010-05-03 2011-11-04 Techlam Connecteur sous-marin destine a la connexion d'une installation petroliere muni d'un dispositif d'anti-deconnexion
GB2512312B (en) 2013-03-25 2015-04-29 Ftl Subsea Ltd Subsea connector comprising male and female portions
AU2016259758B2 (en) * 2015-05-12 2020-10-22 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. Mooring line connector assembly for connecting a mooring line to a floating structure
GB2551716B (en) * 2016-06-27 2019-02-06 Balltec Ltd A connector with locking elements releasable under load
NO343647B1 (en) * 2017-10-16 2019-04-23 Apl Tech As System and method for connecting a mooring line to a body
NO345639B1 (en) * 2018-06-19 2021-05-25 Apl Tech As Dual axis connection device for connecting a floating body and a fixed body and two uses thereof

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AU2021394549A1 (en) 2023-06-29
JP2023554613A (ja) 2023-12-28
KR20230113811A (ko) 2023-08-01
WO2022122466A1 (en) 2022-06-16
US20240067308A1 (en) 2024-02-29
EP4240645A1 (en) 2023-09-13

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