Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floating wind turbine assembly, as well as a method for mooring such a floating wind turbine assembly
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Application No.: US15738594Application Date: 2016-06-27
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Publication No.: US10661862B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Cecile Melis , Christian Raymond Bauduin , Francois Caille
- Applicant: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
- Applicant Address: CH Marly
- Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
- Current Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marly
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6992b8ea
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/064804 WO 20160627
- International Announcement: WO2016/207427 WO 20161229
- Main IPC: F03D13/25
- IPC: F03D13/25 ; B63B35/44 ; B63B21/50 ; F03D13/20

Abstract:
Disclosed is a floating wind turbine assembly, including a floating platform and a wind turbine arranged on top of the floating platform, the wind turbine having a mast with a mast axis, of which a lower end is connected to the floating platform, and a nacelle arranged on top of the mast, wherein the floating platform is connected to a seafloor with a plurality of tensioned mooring lines, wherein the mooring lines each include a mooring line axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the mooring line, wherein the mooring line axes intersect each other at a crossing position on the mast axis and at an elevation level at or above the nacelle, as well as a method for mooring such a floating wind turbine assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180170490A1 FLOATING WIND TURBINE ASSEMBLY, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR MOORING SUCH A FLOATING WIND TURBINE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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