Undersea cable, undersea cable installation structure, and method for installing undersea cable

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9722406
APP PUB NO 20160301198A1
SERIAL NO

15180796

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

Ocean floating installations (1) are disposed on the ocean. The ocean floating installations (1) float on the ocean with the lower part of the ocean floating installations (1) being fixed to the seabed by mooring ropes (11). Each of the ocean floating installations (1) is connected at a connection part (5a) to a cable (3), which is a first cable. Each of the cables (3) is connected at a connection part (5b) to a cable (7), which is a second cable. In other words, the ocean floating installations (1) are connected to each other by the cables (3) and the cable (7). A connection is established with the cables (7) at the connection parts (5b) located on the seabed. In other words, the cables (7) are installed on the seabed.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kagoura, Toru Tokyo, JP 4 50
Manabe, Hiroki Tokyo, JP 7 20
Sasaki, Takahiro Tokyo, JP 257 2945
Shimada, Yoshihiro Tokyo, JP 67 1008
Yamaguchi, Takeharu Tokyo, JP 19 89

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Feb 1, 2025
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Feb 1, 2029
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00