Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – With protection or indication of pipe or trench
Patent
1998-04-21
2000-09-05
Lillis, Eileen D.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
With protection or indication of pipe or trench
405158, 405166, 114312, 114330, E03B 710, F16L 5700
Patent
active
061133124
ABSTRACT:
A local remote operated vehicle for installing an elongated element (1)--such as a submarine cable--on a sea bed from a laying vessel or cable ship (2),--includes a guideweight/tracking gear (4) suspended from the ship and riding on the element (1). The gear (4) includes a garage (10) for hosting a local ROV (11) linked to the garage with a tether cable (12) long enough to enable the towed local ROV to monitor the element touchdown area (6).
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Alcatel
Lee Jong-Suk
Lillis Eileen D.
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