US 12,123,524 B2
Swivel
Frode Alfsen, Søndeled (NO); Stig André Kittelsen Nygård, Arendal (NO); and Jon Tønnessen, Grimstad (NO)
Assigned to MacGregor Norway AS, Kristiansand (NO)
Appl. No. 17/914,613
Filed by MacGregor Norway AS, Kristiansand (NO)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NO2021/050092
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/201693, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. NO20200407 (NO), filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120732 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 27/087 (2006.01); F16L 25/01 (2006.01); F16L 27/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/087 (2013.01) [F16L 25/01 (2013.01); F16L 27/0812 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid swivel comprising:
a first part and a second part configured to mutually rotate about a common center axis;
a central bore configured to accommodate a fluid to be transported through the fluid swivel;
a central member arranged in the central bore, wherein the common center axis extends through the central member;
a hydraulic line extending from the first part to the second part through the central member;
wherein the central member comprises a first central part and a second central part;
wherein the first central part is part of the first part and comprises a stem;
wherein the second central part is part of the second part and comprises a receiving bore; and
wherein the stem extends into the receiving bore.