Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector for assembling two riser segments, comprising an external locking ring and removable pins
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Application No.: US16061204Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US10648244B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Emmanuel Persent , Gerard Papon , Eleonore Roguet , Navid Saeedi
- Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
- Applicant Address: FR Rueil-Malmaison
- Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
- Current Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Rueil-Malmaison
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@67cfa42e
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/077751 WO 20161115
- International Announcement: WO2017/102219 WO 20170622
- Main IPC: E21B17/08
- IPC: E21B17/08 ; E21B17/046 ; F16L37/113 ; F16L25/06

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a connector comprising an external locking ring (11) allowing bayonet type connection on either side with two male (9) and female (8) connector elements, by means of studs having identical angular ranges. Furthermore, the connector comprises at least one removable pin (12) for translationally blocking locking ring (11), notably upon locking and unlocking.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180355676A1 CONNECTOR FOR ASSEMBLING TWO RISER SEGMENTS, COMPRISING AN EXTERNAL LOCKING RING AND REMOVABLE PINS Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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