US 12,149,031 B2
Subsea connector
Karstein Berge Kristiansen, Trondheim (NO)
Assigned to SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/762,056
Filed by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/076239
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063716, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914190 (GB), filed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393407 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/70 (2006.01); E21B 33/038 (2006.01); H01H 1/00 (2006.01); H02G 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/70 (2013.01) [E21B 33/0385 (2013.01); H01H 1/0036 (2013.01); H02G 9/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switchable subsea connector, comprising:
a first connector part,
a second connector part removably connected to the first connector part; and
a switching unit;
the first and second connector parts each comprising at least one electrical conductor; each switching unit comprising at least one individual switching device, wherein each electrical conductor in at least one connector part is allocated to an individual switching device of the switching unit;
wherein each of the individual switching devices comprises a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switch.