Subsea umbilical termination assembly
AssigneeVetco Gray Scandinavia AS
InventorsSteinar Lindemann Hestetun, Hans-Peter Fleischer
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Abstract
A subsea umbilical termination assembly comprising: an umbilical termination head fixed to the end of a subsea umbilical; and an electrical and/or optical distribution unit comprising a base frame and several connectors mounted to the base frame, wherein each connector is electrically connected to an electrical cable of the subsea umbilical via the umbilical termination head or optically connected to an optical cable of the subsea umbilical via the umbilical termination head. The umbilical termination head is mounted in a space provided inside the base frame of the distribution unit.
Claims14
A subsea umbilical termination assembly comprising:
- an umbilical termination head fixed to the end of a subsea umbilical having a plurality of electrical and/or optical cables;
- a cylindrical outer casing;
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- a distribution unit comprising:
- a base frame defining a longitudinal axis, the base frame comprising an inner cylindrical wall radially spaced away from the longitudinal axis, an inner cylindrical cavity delimited radially by the inner cylindrical wall, at least two walls extending outward from, and circumferentially spaced relative to, the inner cylindrical wall, and
- a plurality of connectors mounted to at least one of the at least two walls of the base frame, each connector configured to be electrically connected to an electrical cable of the subsea umbilical via the umbilical termination head or optically connected to an optical cable of the subsea umbilical via the umbilical termination head,
- wherein the umbilical termination head is mounted in the inner cylindrical cavity of the base frame of the distribution unit and the cylindrical outer casing is mounted over the distribution unit, such that the umbilical termination head, the distribution unit and the cylindrical outer casing are all coaxial relative to each other and to the longitudinal axis of the base frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.