US Patent Issued to Oceaneering International on Sept. 29 for "Retrofit vortex-induced-vibration (VIV) suppression device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,640, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).

"Retrofit vortex-induced-vibration (VIV) suppression device" was invented by Simao Silva (Houston), Nikunj Patel (Katy, Texas) and Matthew Smith (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention comprises a vortex-induced-vibration (VIV) suppression system for tubulars, such as tubular structures (e.g., a riser), and uses a winding, e.g., ropes or cables, wound around tubular structures in a helical manner already deployed subsea. The helically wound ropes or cables tend to act as a VIV suppression device."

The patent was filed on July ...