Riser clamp assembly
AssigneeWhitefield Plastics Corp.
InventorsWilliam H. WHITEFIELD, Brandon CARRINGER
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Abstract
A clamp assembly for coupling an auxiliary line to a marine riser includes a clamp body having a central axis and an interface radially spaced from the central axis and a clamp cap having an interface configured to be inserted axially into the interface of the clamp body, wherein the clamp body is configured to clamp to the marine riser, and the clamp body and clamp cap are configured to retain the auxiliary line in an aperture formed between the interface of the clamp body and the interface of the clamp cap
Claims21
A clamp assembly for coupling an auxiliary line to a marine riser, comprising:
- a clamp body having a central axis and an interface radially spaced from the central axis;
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- a clamp cap having an interface configured to be inserted axially into the interface of the clamp body;
- wherein the clamp body is configured to clamp to the marine riser;
- wherein the clamp body and clamp cap are configured to retain the auxiliary line in an aperture formed between the interface of the clamp body and the interface of the clamp cap.
A clamp assembly for coupling an auxiliary line to a marine riser, comprising:
- a nonmetallic clamp body having a central axis and an interface radially spaced from the central axis, and wherein the clamp body comprises a first arcuate section and a second arcuate section;
- a nonmetallic clamp cap having an interface configured to be coupled to the interface of the clamp body;
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- a clamp strap configured to couple the first arcuate section of the clamp body to the second arcuate section of the clamp body and provide a clamping force to the marine riser;
- wherein the clamp body and clamp cap are configured to retain the auxiliary line in an aperture formed between the interface of the clamp body and the interface of the clamp cap.
A method for clamping an auxiliary line to a marine riser, comprising:
- strapping a first arcuate section of a clamp body to a second arcuate section of a clamp body to provide a clamping force to the marine riser;
- disposing the auxiliary line adjacent an interface of the clamp body;
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- inserting the interface of a clamp cap axially with respect to a central axis of the marine riser into the interface of the clamp body to couple the auxiliary line to the clamp body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.