Patent ID: 8387702
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A multicoupler, particularly for subsea gas or oil production, comprising: a male part and a female part, each comprising a plurality of fluid coupling members which are capable of being coupled to one another and which are in engagement with one another when the male part and the female part are in a coupling position, wherein one of the male part and the female part comprises a connecting means including a spindle, which, in the coupling position, is in engagement with a mating connecting means on the other part, wherein the connecting means comprises a threaded section rotatable by said spindle and the mating connecting means comprises a mating threaded section and a free-rotating chamber, the threaded section being helically movable, when rotated in a first direction, along the mating threaded section up into the free-rotating chamber within which the threaded section can freely rotate in the first direction while occupying the coupling position without moving the threaded section further along the mating threaded section to connect a subsea device for subsea gas or oil production.