Connecting endpiece of a flexible pipe with a spacing member, associated flexible pipe and method

US10113677B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TECHNIP FRANCE · FR

Inventors

• Jean-Christophe Bourget · Mont-Saint-Aignan, FR
• German Bruno · Rouen, FR
• Anh Tuan Do · Cormeilles-en-Parisis, FR
• Fernando Leitao Gonçalves Toste · Rio de Janeiro, BR
• Jean-François Langui · Vila Velha, BR
• Felipe Garbuglio Drukas Reis · Rio de Janeiro, BR
• Guillaume Chaudet · Maromme, FR
• Yves Castel · Maromme, FR
• Joel Le Nouveau · Le Vaudreuil, FR
• Eric Buon · Mont-Saint-Aignan, FR
• Carlos Ronaldo Andrade Dos Reis · Rio de Janeiro, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: May 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16L33/18
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This endpiece includes at least one end segment of each armor element, an end vault and a cover, the end vault and the cover delimiting between them a chamber for receiving the end segment and a material for filling the receiving chamber, in which the end segment is embedded. The endpiece includes a spacing member positioned so as to internally bear upon the end segments of the armor elements of at least one armor layer. This spacing member defining, on at least one end segment of a armor element of said armor layer, contact areas axially spaced apart along said end segment, the contact areas delimiting between intermediate contact spaces between the filling material and the end segment.