Patent ID: 8141909

Claim:
A subsea umbilical field connect assembly comprising: a first subsea umbilical portion comprising two or more first bundled members chosen from electrical cables, fluid conduits, and optical fibers; a second subsea umbilical portion comprising two or more second bundled members chosen from electrical cables, fluid conduits, and optical fibers; a first housing assembly having a first end coupled to the first subsea umbilical portion and a second end comprising a first coupling plate having a plurality of first couplings chosen from male and female couplings positioned therein, one of the plurality of first couplings being positioned at an end of each of the first bundled members; a second housing assembly having a third end coupled to the second subsea umbilical portion and a fourth end comprising a second coupling plate having a plurality of second couplings chosen from male and female couplings positioned therein, one of the second couplings being positioned at an end of each of the second bundled members; wherein the first housing and the second housing can be positioned so that each of the first couplings join with one of the second couplings to form mated coupling pairs, whereby the first bundled members of the first umbilical portion and the second bundled members of the second umbilical portion can be joined in a manner that effectively provides for a single functioning umbilical assembly.