Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Moving tools on offshore structures with a walking carriage
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Application No.: US15934914Application Date: 2018-03-23
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Publication No.: US11248447B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Stewart John Sinclair Munro , Michael John Fowkes , Ian Adamson
- Applicant: Subsea 7 Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Sutton
- Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
- Current Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Sutton
- Agency: Levy & Grandinetti
- Priority: GB1516998 20150925
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E02B17/00 ; B63C11/52 ; B63G8/00

Abstract:
A carriage arranged to walk along an elongate member while carrying a payload includes individually-operable clamps that are spaced axially along a common longitudinal axis. An axially-extensible frame connects the clamps. At least one of the clamps is attached to the frame via a rotationally-displaceable coupling for relative angular movement between that clamp and the frame about the longitudinal axis. The carriage can carry the payload to a subsea worksite by opening and closing the clamps to release and grip the elongate member in a sequence that includes moving the leading clamp forward when the leading clamp is open and moving the trailing clamp forward when the leading clamp is closed. At the worksite, installation force can be applied to the payload in a forward direction by moving the leading clamp forward when the leading clamp is open and the trailing clamp is closed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180208283A1 Moving Tools on Offshore Structures with a Walking Carriage Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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