Subsea assembly
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndrew Robert Eastoe, Kjetil Haldorsen, Hans Knutsson
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Abstract
A subsea assembly includes a housing having a flange interface for interfacing with a flange of a process fluid carrying component, wherein the housing is configured such that boltheads or nuts exerting a fastening force on the subsea assembly when mounted to the process fluid carrying component are spaced from the flange interface so that the dimensions of the housing of the subsea assembly at the flange interface are not affected by a space required for a bolthead or nut fastening tool.
Claims12
A subsea assembly comprising:
- a housing having a flange interface for interfacing with a flange of a process fluid carrying component,
- wherein the housing is configured such that boltheads or nuts exerting a fastening force on the subsea assembly when mounted to the process fluid carrying component are spaced from the flange interface so that the dimensions of the housing of the subsea assembly at the flange interface are not affected by a space required for a bolthead or nut fastening tool.
A method for attaching a subsea device to a process fluid carrying component having a flange, comprising:
- fitting a flange interface of the subsea device to the flange;
- securing the subsea device to the process fluid carrying component with at least two bolts;
- wherein boltheads or nuts exerting a fastening force on the subsea device are spaced from the flange interface of the subsea device so that the dimensions of a housing of the subsea device at the flange interface are not affected by the space required for a bolthead or nut fastening tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.