US 12,281,689 B2
Mounting device for an elongate member
Craig Richard Thomson, Lancaster (GB); Anthony John Little, Lancaster (GB); Stephen Bennett, Lancaster (GB); and Daniel Mark Giddings, Lancaster (GB)
Assigned to FIRST SUBSEA LIMITED, Lancaster (GB)
Appl. No. 17/770,995
Filed by FIRST SUBSEA LIMITED, Lancaster (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052155
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079082, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1915199 (GB), filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349444 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 7/02 (2006.01); F16G 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 11/108 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting device for an elongate member, comprising:
an elongate housing having an elongate axis;
an internal passageway passing through the elongate housing parallel to the elongate axis;
an elongate sleeve located within the internal passageway and being configured for longitudinal movement along the passageway;
a plurality of ball-receiving recesses in the wall of the internal passageway, each recess having a ball-guiding surface inclined to the longitudinal axis;
a plurality of apertures in the sleeve;
a ball located in each of the ball-receiving recesses and engaged with a respective aperture in the sleeve, the balls and the apertures being configured to allow the balls to project partially through the apertures but to prevent balls from passing through;
biasing means configured to bias the sleeve in a direction to urge the balls to project radially inwardly through their respective apertures in the sleeve and into the internal passageway; and
guide means for guiding a mandrel into the internal passageway, wherein the guide means is connected to, and moves with, the sleeve.