US Patent Issued to TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE on July 14 for "Method for installing at least one mooring line of a floating installation in a body of water and associated floating installation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,508, issued on July 14, was assigned to TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE (Nanterre Cedex, France).

"Method for installing at least one mooring line of a floating installation in a body of water and associated floating installation" was invented by Marc Cahay (Villemomble, France) and Coste Francois (Alfortville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method comprises installing at least one lower section of a mooring line at the bottom of the body of water; trapping the lower section in the ground; connecting an upper unit of the floating installation to the mooring line. The lower section being constituted by a chain, the chain defining, ...