Patents Assigned to FMC do Brasil Industria E. Comercio S.A.
  • Connection device
    Patent number: 6340057
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a connection device (14, 15), particularly for the connection of a rigid duct to a flexible duct in a submarine system for petroleum exploration, comprising a base (16); a hub fixed on the base; a hoisting/launching device, and a tube (20) with its first end connected to the hub and its second end being free, the novelty basically consisting in that the hoisting/lauching device (22) is placed above the center of gravity of the connection device (14, 15) and the second end (21) of the tube (20) is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: FMC do Brasil Industria E. Comercio S.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Augusto Ferreira Dantas