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US 11,346,050 B2Granted
Underwater mooring rope
AssigneeBexco N.V.
InventorQuinten Deltour
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mooring rope for use in subsea mooring, or a substantially synthetic rope thereof, said synthetic rope including a rope core and a layered shell arranged around the rope core, said the shell having a braided outer shell layer. The shell includes sub-surface buoyancy elements, suitable for use in a subsea environment, extending in radial direction between the rope core and the outer shell.
Claims14
A subsea mooring rope, comprising:
- a substantially synthetic rope comprising a rope core and a layered shell arranged around the rope core, said layered shell having a braided outer shell layer,
- wherein the layered shell comprises sub-surface buoyancy elements extending radially between the rope core and the outer shell layer over a height, wherein the buoyancy elements are made of foam material with a hydraulic crush point greater than 30 bar,
- wherein the space formed between successive buoyancy elements is filled with air or water.
A substantially synthetic rope, comprising a rope core and a layered shell arranged around the rope core, said layered shell having a braided outer shell layer,
- wherein the layered shell comprises sub-surface buoyancy elements extending radially between the rope core and the outer shell layer over a height, and wherein the buoyancy elements are made of foam material with a hydraulic crush point greater than 30 bar,
- wherein the space formed between successive buoyancy elements is filled with air or water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.