Patent ID: 8683935
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B63B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mooring leg connector for use with a mooring leg ( 8 ) extending up from the sea floor to connect a floating structure to be moored to the seabed wherein disconnection and connection of the mooring leg ( 8 ) is done by pulling in and out a connector elongated body ( 1 ) having a broad head part ( 3 ), the elongated body ( 1 ) extending in the mooring leg direction, said connector having a latch mechanism for fixation of the mooring leg ( 8 ) to the floating structure to be moored and preventing movement in the direction of the seabed, and a flexible part with a double articulation axis located at the bottom of the connector body ( 1 ) above the attachment member ( 7 ), the connector body ( 1 ) being received in a housing ( 9 ) which is fixed to a part of the structure to be moored, which housing ( 9 ) has at an upper end a retaining ring ( 17 ) having an opening through which the head part ( 3 ) can extend upward beyond said housing ( 9 ) in a first orientation and on which the head part ( 3 ) rests in a second orientation, wherein the latch mechanism comprises a guiding element ( 21 ) and followers or orientation pins ( 13 ) between the body ( 1 ) of the connector and the housing ( 9 ) for rotation of the elongate body ( 1 ) between the first and second positions.