SUBSEA CONNECTIONS

• US 20140340852A1
• Filed: 05/14/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aker Solutions Limited (Akastor ASA)
• Original Assignee: Aker Subsea Incorporated (Akastor ASA)
• Inventors: CARTER, Richard Hope
• Granted Patent: US 9,622,367 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/729
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/0355 Control systems, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, acoustic, for submerged well heads
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/0385 electrical connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/00 Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus casings, cabinets, drawers H05K5/00

Abstract

An assembly of subsea equipment (1) and a plurality of subsea devices (2) each of which is individually mountable on and separable from the subsea equipment wherein each device includes a respective stab connector (4) for establishing electrical connection with the equipment and further has a respective terminal connector (5) for a jumper lead, each device having at least dual redundancy whereby connection through the respective jumper terminal can substitute for the connection though the respective stab connector.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising subsea equipment (1) and a plurality of subsea devices (2) each comprising an electrical actuator, each of which devices is individually mountable on and separable from the subsea equipment and includes a respective stab connector (4) for establishing electrical connection with the equipment and further has a respective terminal connector (5) for a jumper lead, each device having at least dual redundancy whereby connection through the respective jumper terminal can substitute for the connection through the respective stab connector;

and in which the assembly includes a control module (3) which can communicate with each of the said devices by way of the stab connections thereof and includes a terminal (6) for at least one jumper lead for establishing a substitute connection to at least one of the said devices.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 in which the control module (3) is mountable on and separable from the subsea equipment (1) and includes a stab connector (4) for establishing electrical connection with the equipment (1).