Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball joint for connecting a riser subjected to high tensile and angular loads to a pipe connector on a floating unit
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Application No.: US16095417Application Date: 2017-04-25
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Publication No.: US10851923B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Sigmund Askestad
- Applicant: APL TECHNOLOGY AS
- Applicant Address: NO Kolbjørnsvik
- Assignee: APL Technology AS
- Current Assignee: APL Technology AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Kolbjørnsvik
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: NO20160692 20160425
- International Application: PCT/NO2017/000011 WO 20170425
- International Announcement: WO2017/188821 WO 20171102
- Main IPC: F16L27/053
- IPC: F16L27/053 ; F16L27/067 ; F16L27/073 ; F16C11/06

Abstract:
A ball joint includes a suspension house comprising an inner side, a house neck and upper flange, wherein a bearing ring, having a liner fastened to its inner surface, and an upper mating surface fastened to the corresponding mating surface on the lower side of the house; a suspension ball, complementary to the inner side of the house, comprising a ball neck and lower flange, the ball having a recess on the inside of the ball, the recess comprising an inner seal ring positioned on a bias ring in the recess; the seal ring providing a seal contacting the inside of the house and a piston seal contacting the inner surface of the recess wherein the bias ring biases the seal ring parallel to the axis of the neck and away from the bias ring.
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