Adjustable boat mooring system for a flexibly-supported tension leg platform
US5159891A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B21/20
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A backdown buoy-type mooring is provided which will pull supply vessels away from a tension leg platform while the supply vessel is being unloaded. The boat mooring system will consist of surface buoys attached to the top pad-eye of the lateral mooring intermediate buoys. The boat mooring system of the invention is configured for centering over a spaced array of ocean floor wells, being moved over to the farthest well, and adapted to be moved over to the nearest well.
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