Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Positioning of a keel of a floating structure, especially for a wind turbine
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Application No.: US17928429Application Date: 2021-06-04
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Publication No.: US12168499B2Publication Date: 2024-12-17
- Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal , Uffe Lykke Eriksen
- Applicant: STIESDAL OFFSHORE A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Give
- Assignee: STIESDAL OFFSHORE A/S
- Current Assignee: STIESDAL OFFSHORE A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Give
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- Priority: DKPA202070355 20200604
- International Application: PCT/DK2021/050179 WO 20210604
- International Announcement: WO2021/244724 WO 20211209
- Main IPC: B63B35/44
- IPC: B63B35/44 ; B63B77/10 ; F03D13/25

Abstract:
An offshore floating structure is provided including a floater with positive buoyancy and a keel with negative buoyancy, as well as active and passive suspenders connecting nodes of the keel and the floater with each other. When the keel at the offshore site is lowered by making the active suspenders longer, the passive suspenders, which have a fixed length and are held taut, causes the keel to rotate about the vertical during lowering.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230202624A1 POSITIONING OF A KEEL OF A FLOATING STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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