Connector
AssigneeLewis Corporation
InventorsDavid Ernest McKay, Drummond Lawson, Malcolm George Cameron Milne
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Abstract
A connector (1) for connecting components of a subsea system, the connector comprising male and female components (3, 2), guide means (11) for assisting preliminary orientation of the male component within the female component and means (18; 20; 21) for drawing the male component into the female component and latch means (22) for securing the male component within the female component.
Claims23
A connector for connecting components of a subsea system, the connector comprising male and female components, guide means for assisting preliminary orientation of the male component within the female component and means for drawing the male component into the female component and latch means for securing-the male component within the female component.
A method of connecting components of a subsea system together comprising the steps of guiding a male component of the connector into a female component of the connector in a preliminary orientation and subsequently drawing the male component into the female component before locking the male component into position within the female component thereby creating full bore access axially through the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.