Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof – Tension leg platform
Patent
1987-10-06
1994-06-28
Reese, Randolph A.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
Tension leg platform
405224, 4052241, 403353, E02D 562
Patent
active
053241410
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for mooring attachment of a floating tension leg platform to a subsea anchorage. The apparatus includes a tendon with an enlarged connector on one end, the connector being formed by a frustoconical bearing surface extending away from the end to which it is connected. A connector shroud partially surrounds the frustoconical surface and is connected to it by an elastomeric bearing. An inwardly sloping surface engages a supplementarily sloped surface formed on the attachment receptacle load ring to increase hoop strength. A side-entry bottom receptacle is also disclosed.
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Bozeman James D.
Hunter Andrew F.
Wald Glenn M.
Conoco Inc.
Holder John E.
McBee J. Russell
Reese Randolph A.
Thompson Richard K.
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