US 10,954,652 B2 · Assembly and method for installing a subsea cable

Abstract

An assembly for installing a subsea cable, the assembly comprising a submersible apparatus and a submersible cable holder comprising the subsea cable, the subsea cable being connectable to the submersible apparatus through the connector for transmission of electric power and/or data to the submersible apparatus; wherein the assembly is configured to install the subsea cable while the submersible apparatus is electrically powered through said subsea cable. And a method for installing a subsea cable with a submersible apparatus, the method comprising: supplying electric power and/or transmitting data through the subsea cable to the submersible apparatus; and laying the subsea cable in a sea with the submersible apparatus.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An assembly (400) for installing a subsea cable (304), the assembly (400) comprising:

a submersible apparatus (200) comprising a deck (201), at least one connector (202), and moving means (208);
and
a submersible cable holder (300) comprising the subsea cable (304), the subsea cable (304) being connectable to the submersible apparatus (200) through the at least one connector (202) for transmission of at least one of electric power and data to the submersible apparatus (200), and the submersible cable holder (300) being configured to be loaded on and unloaded from the deck (201);
wherein the assembly (400) is configured to install the subsea cable (304) while the submersible apparatus (200) is electrically powered through the subsea cable (304).

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/309,691Filed 7 Jun 2017

Priority

EP 1638227414 Jun 2016

Published

US 2019/0136486 A19 May 2019

Granted

23 Mar 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification30 codes

E02F 5/105
For burying conduits or cables in trenches under water: self-propulsed units moving on the underwater bottom
B63B 35/04
Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for: cable-laying vessels
B63C 11/52
Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects: tools specially adapted for working underwater, not…
B63G 8/001
Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines; Equipment specially adapted therefor: underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned…

Assembly and method for installing a subsea cable

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Assembly and method for installing a subsea cable

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Abstract

Claims17