Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable and disconnectable submerged-yoke mooring system
- Patent Title (中): 可调节和可拆卸的淹没式轭式系泊系统
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Application No.: US14296702Application Date: 2014-06-05
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Publication No.: US09573659B2Publication Date: 2017-02-21
- Inventor: Yonghui Liu , Cheng-Pen Kwei
- Applicant: SOFEC, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SOFEC, Inc.
- Current Assignee: SOFEC, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
- Agent Douglas W. Rommelmann
- Main IPC: B63B21/00
- IPC: B63B21/00 ; B63B21/50

Abstract:
A single point mooring includes a yoke-shaped articulated arm assembly, which is affixed to the seabed by a fixed foundation or mooring base assembly, and a mooring support structure, which is retrofitted to a vessel. The articulated arm is connected to the base by a triaxial articulation joint for accommodating yaw, pitch and roll. To moor the vessel, the arm is connected to the mooring support structure with weighted pendants on port and starboard sides. The pendants are suspended at an adjustable elevation with respect to the mooring support structure, thus allowing the mooring system to be used at varying water depths. A combined connection bracket hosts both pendant linkages and umbilicals or hoses for speeding the process of connecting and disconnecting a vessel from the mooring system. A removable anchor, such as a suction pile, fixes the mooring system to the seabed, allows the system to be easily redeployed to another location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140283727A1 Adjustable and Disconnectable Submerged-Yoke Mooring System Public/Granted day:2014-09-25
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