Patent ID: 6805382
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A flowline connector assembly for connecting a flowline to a subsea tubular mandrel extending from a support base, comprising:a frame having an axis; a landing base carried by the frame for engagement with the support base, the frame being axially movable relative to the landing base from a landed position to a frame locked position and from the frame locked position to a receptacle locked position; an advancing mechanism that selectively moves the frame between the positions; a frame latching member movably carried by the landing base and adapted to automatically latch to the support base in response to movement of the frame by the advancing mechanism from the landed position to the frame locked position; a receptacle adapted to be connected to an end of the flowline, the receptacle being carried by the frame for axial movement relative to the frame and adapted to abut the tubular mandrel as the advancing mechanism moves the frame from the frame locked position toward the receptacle locked position; a receptacle locking member carried by the receptacle that is radially movable relative to the axis; and a receptacle locking member actuator stationarily carried by the frame in engagement with the receptacle locking member, the receptacle locking member automatically moving the receptacle locking member into locking engagement with the mandrel in response to the advancing mechanism moving the frame from the frame locked position to the receptacle locked position.