Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fairing having an offset opening
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Application No.: US15171823Application Date: 2016-06-02
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Publication No.: US09677688B1Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Donald Wayne Allen , Jeffrey Robert Dupuis , Julie Ann Dehne
- Applicant: VIV Solutions LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Richmond
- Assignee: VIV Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee: VIV Solutions LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Richmond
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: F15D1/10
- IPC: F15D1/10 ; F16L1/12 ; E21B17/01 ; B63B21/50 ; B63B21/66

Abstract:
A fairing having a fairing body having a nose dimensioned to partially encircle an underlying tubular and having a fairing body axis; a stand-off region extending radially outward from the nose, wherein the stand-off region comprises a first side wall extending from one side of the nose and a second side wall extending from another side of the nose and toward the first side wall; a tail flange extending radially outward from the stand-off region, the tail flange having a substantially planar member comprising a first portion adjacent the stand-off region and a second portion radially outward to the first portion; and an opening formed within one of the nose or the stand-off region, wherein the opening is parallel to the fairing body axis and the opening is modifiable between an open configuration and a closed configuration.
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