Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means

Details Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means

1980-12-29

1983-08-23

Corbin, David H.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Marine structure or fabrication thereof

166340, 166350, 405169, E21B 4301, F16L 104

Patent

active

044001096

ABSTRACT:
A marine compliant riser system is provided for attaching a flexible flowline to a buoyed conduit riser section. The improved system includes a releasable yoke assembly for receiving flexible flowline with a means for holding flexible flowline termination.
Quick-disconnect yoke attachment means support and lock the yoke assembly onto horizontal buoy-mounted support means. A fail-safe release means is provided for pulling an unreleased yoke attachment away from the support arm in the event of an opposite end release.
The system is particularly adapted for emergency disconnect of a subsea wellhead or production gathering system from a floating vessel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3589441 (1971-06-01), Brown et al.
patent: 3721294 (1973-03-01), Nelson
patent: 4182584 (1980-01-01), Panicker et al.
patent: 4191256 (1980-03-01), Croy et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Complaint riser yoke assembly with breakway support means will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1945546