Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealed gimbal for ocean thermal energy conversion cold water pipe
- Patent Title (中): 海洋热能转换冷水管密封万向节
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Application No.: US14014765Application Date: 2013-08-30
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Publication No.: US09435463B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: David C. Riggs
- Applicant: Seahorse Equipment Corp
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Seahorse Equipment Corp.
- Current Assignee: Seahorse Equipment Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Blank Rome, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B17/01
- IPC: E21B17/01 ; E21B19/00 ; F03G7/05 ; F16L3/00 ; F16L27/04
Abstract:
A gimbal that provides for passive vertical latching and unlatching of a Cold Water Pipe (CWP) in a floating vessel such as an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) facility is sealingly connected to a cold water sump on the floating vessel. The CWP gimbal is capable of reacting all static and dynamic forces of the suspended CWP at angles on the order of +/−20 degrees while remaining sealed at high differential pressures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140059825A1 Sealed Gimbal for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Cold Water Pipe Public/Granted day:2014-03-06
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