Patent ID: 9482061
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A subsea connector assembly for automatically coupling a movable subsea structure to a tubular fixed subsea structure, the subsea connector assembly comprising: a male connector assembly, removably mountable to the movable subsea structure, comprising a throughbore, at least one first actuator member and at least one second actuator member; an adapter assembly, removably mountable to an end-fitting of a string of tubulars of the tubular fixed subsea structure, comprising at least one first engagement member and at least one second engagement member, each of said at least one first engagement member and said second engagement member are operable to be acted upon by at least one of said first actuator member and said second actuator member so as to selectively release a locked engagement with said male connector assembly, allowing said adapter assembly to be moved through said throughbore of said male connector assembly; and wherein said first actuator member is a circumferential groove on an inner wall of said throughbore that is adapted to operatively engage with at least one of said at least one first engagement member and said at least one second engagement member.