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Underwater hydrocarbon extraction facility

  • US 10,221,680 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2016
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An actuator assembly in an underwater hydrocarbon extraction facility having a plurality of actuators, the actuator assembly comprising:

  • an electric motor arranged to operate at least one of the plurality of actuators;

    a communicator configured to receive communication signals; and

    a controller connected to the communicator and the electric motor, said controller being operable to activate the electric motor in response to a received communication signal,wherein the communicator of the at least one of the plurality of actuators is configured to communicate directly with a communicator of another of the plurality of actuators, without the need for processing in a centralized processing module.

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