US 12,230,910 B2
Single phase coupler
Steinar Hommedal, Sandvika (NO); Håvard Hamstad, Trondheim (NO); and Christopher Plant, Lancaster (GB)
Assigned to Siemens Energy AS, Oslo (NO)
Appl. No. 17/780,605
Filed by Siemens Energy AS, Oslo (NO)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084232
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110727, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1917590 (GB), filed on Dec. 2, 2019; and application No. 2007824 (GB), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352872 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/523 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/516 (2013.01) [H01R 13/523 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A subsea single phase coupler for a subsea connector, the coupler comprising:
a housing having an inboard end and an outboard end and defining a longitudinal axis extending between the inboard end and the outboard end;
a rigid mount fixedly attached to the inboard end of the housing;
a first wet mate connector fixedly attached to the rigid mount;
a second wet mate connector;
a cradle formed as part of the housing and arranged to receive the second wet mate connector in a first position and to allow for movement of the second wet mate connector along the longitudinal axis from the first position to a second position in which the second wet mate connector is connected to the first wet mate connector;
a first locating element formed as part of the housing and positioned in the cradle; and
a second locating element coupled to the second wet mate connector and rotatable about the longitudinal axis into engagement with the first locating element after connection of the first wet mate connector and the second wet mate connector.