F16L 1/235
Apparatus for controlling the pipe during laying
F16L1/235 (Apparatus for controlling the pipe during laying) appears on 138 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Floating underwater pipelines8 Sep 2026US 12,729,782 B2
- Cable laying vessel10 Feb 2026US 12,545,375 B2Baggermaatschappij Boskalis B.V.
- Subsea installations comprising corrosion-resistant flowlines22 Oct 2024US 12,123,521 B2Subsea 7 Limited
- Method and apparatus for inserting an elongate object into a trench in a sea floor27 Aug 2024US 12,074,414 B2Soil Machine Dynamics Limited
- Pipeline deployment and tie-in method26 Mar 2024US 11,940,062 B2Equinor Energy AS
- Improving fatigue resistance of steel catenary risers3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258884 A1Subsea 7 do Brasil Servicos Ltda
- Mounting method for sea outfall pipeline in shallow section5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036221 A1CCCC third Harbor Bureau No.6 Engineering (Xiamen) Co., Ltd
- Device and method for erecting submarine pipelines in marine engineering11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377052 A1Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
- A method of laying a subsea pipe18 Sep 2025US 2025/0290576 A1TechnipFMC Subsea France
- Floating underwater pipelines - "process of tyn"24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237325 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vertical reel pipe laying vessel28US 5,573,353 AJ Ray McDermott S. A · 1996
- Reel type pipeline laying ship and method27US 6,733,208 B2Torch Offshore, Inc. · 2004
- Installation for laying a pipeline on a floor located under water, bearing means and terminal26US 5,797,702 AAllseas Group S. A. · 1998
- Gimbal for J-Lay pipe laying system25US 6,213,686 B12001
- Apparatus for deploying an underwater pipe string25US 6,273,643 B1Oil States Industries, Inc. · 2001