US Patent Issued to Oceaneering International on Dec. 30 for "System and method for suction anchor deployment with solid lid" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,839, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).

"System and method for suction anchor deployment with solid lid" was invented by Torleif Carlsen (Sandnes, Norway) and Jon Tore Storesund (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temporary mechanical and fluidic connection with an anchor wall of a subsea tubular may use a substantially solid, reusable lid for a subsea tubular, which comprises a substantially solid upper surface, a predetermined set of lid anchors (20), a predetermined set of selectively activated valves (30), a seal (40) configured to engage an internal wall (101) of the subs...