Patent ID: 6200152
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: E21B,H01R

Abstract:
An assembly for providing a subsea power connection, the assembly comprising:a wellhead member adapted for installation subsea and having a first aperture through a wall thereof;a hanger body having a power receiving element fixedly disposed in a second aperture in a wall of said hanger body, said hanger body disposed within the wellhead member with the first and second apertures in alignment;an electrical connector housing with a third aperture, the housing being mounted on the wellhead member with the third aperture in alignment with the first and second apertures the wellhead member, hanger and housing being sealingly mated to define a pressure contained enclosure;a power transmitting element disposed within the connector housing in fixed relation to the power receiving element;a reciprocable shuttle connector disposed within the sealed pressure contained enclosure on the power transmitting element and being pressure balanced to selectively contact the power receiving element without regard to the pressure within the pressure contained enclosure.