# US 12,180,946 B2 · Method for protecting novel anti-drop submarine cable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,180,946 B2 - Document ID: US12180946B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/893,203 - Filed: 2022-08-23 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-28 - Assignees: Guangdong Rich Offshore Wind Power Technology Co., Ltd - Applicants: Guangdong Rich Offshore Wind Power Technology Co., Ltd - Inventors: Ronghua Zhu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180946B2 ## CPC - F03D 80/85: {Cabling} - F03D 13/25: specially adapted for offshore installation - F16L 57/02: against cracking or buckling - H02G 1/10: in or under water - H02G 9/12: supported on or from floats, e.g. in water - E02B 2017/0091: {Offshore structures for wind turbines} - E02D 27/52: Submerged foundations {, i.e. submerged in open water (E02D27/12 - E02D27/24 take precedence)} - F05B 2240/95: offshore - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - E02B: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F) - E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)} - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G ## Abstract A method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable includes: assembling a traction assembly, a standard bending protection section and a protection reinforcement section sequentially to form a submarine-cable-protection device, and a submarine cable passing through it; connecting a traction rope of the traction assembly to a reserved traction rope pre-buried in a single pile foundation, and enabling the submarine cable and the submarine-cable-protection device by a traction device passing through a reserved hole of the foundation; moving the assembled sets forward until the traction rope is lifted and unmovable, enabling a retaining ring of the protection reinforcement section to abut against the reserved hole, installing the traction rope on the foundation by shackles; pulling the reserved traction rope to a proper length, fixing the submarine cable to installation base. The safety is ensured by avoiding dropping of the submarine-cable-protection device, and ensures the overbending protection of the submarine cable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable, the method achieving the protection of the submarine cable by a submarine cable protection device, the submarine cable protection device comprises: a traction assembly; a standard bending protection section; and a protection reinforcement section, the method includes: connecting and assembling the traction assembly, the standard bending protection section and the protection reinforcement section in sequence to form the submarine cable protection device, and enabling a submarine cable to pass through the submarine cable protection device to complete the assembly; connecting a traction rope at a front end of the traction assembly to a reserved traction rope pre-installed in a single pile foundation, and turning on a traction device for the single pile foundation to enable the submarine cable and the submarine cable protection device to pass through a reserved hole of the single pile foundation; continuing to move the submarine cable protection device and the submarine cable forward by the traction device until the traction rope is lifted by a force and cannot move forward, then enabling a retaining ring at a rear end of the protection reinforcement section to abut against an outer wall of the reserved hole, and installing the traction rope on the single pile foundation by shackles; and continuing to pull the reserved traction rope to pull the submarine cable to a proper length, and installing and fixing the submarine cable to a submarine cable installation base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 1, wherein a pore diameter of the retaining ring is larger than a pore diameter of the reserved hole, such that the protection reinforcement section cannot completely pass through the reserved hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 1, wherein the protection reinforcement section has an outer wall covered with high-strength polyurethane, and is internally provided with reinforcement fibers and/or steel wires to enhance the stress performance of the protection reinforcement section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 1, wherein a reserved length is set for the protection reinforcement section, such that the protection reinforcement section is inserted into the single pile foundation from the reserved hole by a certain distance, thereby avoiding overbending of the submarine cable during installation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 2, wherein a reserved length is set for the protection reinforcement section, such that the protection reinforcement section is inserted into the single pile foundation from the reserved hole by a certain distance, thereby avoiding overbending of the submarine cable during installation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 3, wherein a reserved length is set for the protection reinforcement section, such that the protection reinforcement section is inserted into the single pile foundation from the reserved hole by a certain distance, thereby avoiding overbending of the submarine cable during installation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 1, wherein the submarine cable installation base is arranged at the top of the single pile foundation, and the submarine cable is moved to the submarine cable installation base by the traction device and then is fixedly installed on the submarine cable installation base. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method for protecting a novel anti-drop submarine cable according to claim 7, wherein the submarine cable installation base is provided with a fixed flange, the shackles are installed on the submarine cable installation base by the fixed flange, and the traction rope is connected to the shackles.