Apparatus and method for subsea wall insertion
OwnerSteven ENGLAND, Stefano GABALDO +2inventors
InventorsSteven ENGLAND, Stefano GABALDO, Thibaut LETEVE, Loic MALLET
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Abstract
A lead for installing a pile into a seabed floor comprising: an elongated body extending longitudinally along a first axis in a first direction from a top end to a bottom end and configured to receive a pile oriented in the first direction; and a lead indexing foot attached to the bottom end of the elongated body and laterally offset with regard to the first axis.
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A lead for installing a pile into a seabed floor comprising:
- an elongated body extending longitudinally along a first axis in a first direction from a top end to a bottom end and configured to receive a pile oriented in the first direction;
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- a lead indexing foot attached to the bottom end of the elongated body and laterally offset with regard to the first axis.
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A method of driving a pile into a seabed floor adjacent to an existing foundation structure, the method comprising:
- lowering a lead longitudinally oriented in a first direction toward the subsea floor;
- engaging a lead indexing foot of the lead with the existing foundation structure;
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- advancing the pile, along the lead, in the first direction into the subsea floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.