US 11,965,303 B2
Group anchor system, subsea installation system, method for using and installing same
Zachary Miller, Nashua, NH (US); William Feather, Merrimack, NH (US); Nathan Krohn, Pearland, TX (US); Tyson Lawrence, Highland Ranch, CO (US); Jihan Eljadidi, Cambridge, MD (US); Tyler Robertson, North Attleboro, MA (US); and Raf Mandujano, Arlington, MD (US)
Assigned to TRITON SYSTEMS, INC., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/251,209
Filed by TRITON SYSTEMS, INC., Chelmsford, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/033111
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/261503, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/209,142, filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392343 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. E02D 27/50 (2006.01); E02D 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 27/50 (2013.01) [E02D 27/12 (2013.01); E02D 2600/30 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An installation tool for installing a group anchor system, wherein the group anchor system comprises at least two flexible piles, the installation tool comprising:
a plurality of installation modules, wherein each installation module comprises means for installing a pile from an intermediate point along one of the at least two flexible piles; and
wherein the installation tool further comprises a plurality of removable installation tubes, each of which surrounds a flexible shaft of each flexible pile;
wherein each installation tube is provided with a plurality of lugs along its length for mating with a drive head of a drive motor such that the installation tube, and thus the pile, is driven from a point along its length rather than, or in addition to, its end.