US 12,248,033 B2
Subsea connector
Wesley Barrett, Kendal (GB); Cameron Brennan, Ulverston (GB); Christopher Burrow, Ulverston (GB); Jonathan Hardisty, Ulverston (GB); and Peter Henry, Milnthorpe (GB)
Assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Bayern (DE)
Appl. No. 17/782,647
Filed by Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, Bayern (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116323, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1918323 (GB), filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009735 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 31/66 (2020.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/66 (2020.01) [G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01P 15/00 (2013.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An independently mountable sensor system for a wet-mateable subsea connector or a dry-mateable subsea connector comprising at least one of a receptacle connector body or a plug connector body; the sensor system comprising:
a pressure vessel;
one or more sensors, a power source, a transmitter, a processor unit and a memory within the pressure vessel,
wherein the pressure inside the pressure vessel is maintained at a predetermined pressure;
wherein the sensor system further comprises an antenna;
wherein the pressure vessel comprises an electromagnetically transparent section to permit electromagnetic waves to pass between the sensor system and an external receiver;
wherein the sensor system is configured to be mounted between a back end and a front end of the receptacle connector body, or between a back end and a front end of the plug connector body; or configured to be mounted to the connector body back end.