US 11,970,245 B2
Yoke plate assembly for a mooring arrangement and mooring arrangement comprising such a yoke plate assembly
Guillaume Bonnaffoux, Bât. Aigue Marine (MC); Morgan Ducarin, Bât. Aigue Marine (MC); and Benjamin Bodot, Bât. Aigue Marine (MC)
Assigned to SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC., Marly (CH)
Appl. No. 17/415,367
Filed by SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC., Marly (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086392
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/127792, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18214106 (EP), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063767 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/26 (2006.01); E02D 27/32 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 21/04 (2013.01) [B63B 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 21/26 (2013.01); E02D 27/32 (2013.01); E02D 2250/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A yoke plate assembly for mooring a floating object in a body of water by means of a pair of mooring lines, comprising:
an assembly plate configured to be mechanically coupled to an anchor body;
an elongated yoke plate, a center thereof pivotally connected to the assembly plate by an articulation;
a first lever arm having a first proximal end connected by a first coupler to a first end of the elongated yoke plate; and
a second lever arm having a second proximal end connected by a second coupler to a second end of the elongated yoke plate longitudinally opposite to the first end,
wherein the first lever arm at a first distal end thereof is connectable by a first distal joint to one of the pair of mooring lines,
and the second lever arm at a second distal end thereof is connectable by a second distal joint to the other of the pair of mooring lines, wherein the first coupler is arranged as a first uni-joint between the first end of the elongated yoke plate and the first lever arm,
and the second coupler is arranged as a second uni-joint between the second end of the elongated yoke plate and the second lever arm.