US Patent Issued to ENHANCED DRILLING AS on April 21 for "Riser suspension device with movement limiter" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,076, issued on April 21, was assigned to ENHANCED DRILLING AS (Straume, Norway).

"Riser suspension device with movement limiter" was invented by Gustav Olov Skargard (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gimbal device for suspending a riser on a mobile offshore drilling vessel (MODU), having a first frame, a second frame and a plurality of cushioning units, wherein each of the said plurality of cushioning units are circumferentially positioned in between the first frame and the second frame. The gimbal device further includes a plurality of tethering items, which are separate from the cushioning units and configured to take...