Patent ID: 8057126
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A connecting device for mating and making up a connection on the seabed of a first and a second pipeline having first and second pipe ends at the connection site, comprising: a first connecting part retaining the first pipe end of the first pipeline, which first connecting part and first pipeline are designed to be lowered and deployed on the seabed in advance, and the first connecting part comprises a guiding structure that is spaced apart from the pipe end, and a second submersible connecting part retaining the second pipe end of the second pipeline, the second connecting part and second pipeline configured to be lowered from the surface of the water towards the first connecting part, wherein the second connecting part comprises guiding means spaced apart from the pipe end, and wherein the connecting parts comprise means that cooperate during relative motion between said connecting parts, and hingedly tilts the second connecting part by means of forced motion, and thus aligning the second pipe end in the direction toward the first pipe end such that the first and second pipelines are brought to be in line with each other on the seabed, and a connector arranged between the first and second connecting parts for final connection between the pipeline ends.