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Bumper docking between offshore drilling vessels and compliant platforms

  • US 5,439,324 A
  • Filed: 03/01/1993
  • Issued: 08/08/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bumper system for docking an auxiliary vessel with a compliant platform comprising:

  • a first pad presenting a vertically extending outboard face from the auxiliary vessel;

    a second pad presenting a vertically extending complementary outboard face from the compliant platform configured to engage the outboard face of the first pad in vertically slidable abutment; and

    a biasing system to push the auxiliary vessel and the compliant platform into abutment across the first and second pads;

    whereby the auxiliary vessel docks to the compliant platform in a manner such that vertical loading is not substantially transmitted between the vessel and the compliant platform across the sliding engagement of the abutted first and second pads.

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