Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
405227000 | By pile extending through sleeve in structure | 18 |
20090123235 | OUTER PIPE SLEEVE FOR A SEA FLOOR MOORING PILE - The present disclosure provides an improved system and method for increasing an anchoring force on a pile. The concepts regarding the pile can apply whether the pile is degraded and no longer able to support its intended load, or a load on the pile has increased to a level that may overstress the pile. A sleeve can be installed even in subsea conditions over the pile and can be used to provide an additional securing force to the existing pile. The sleeve may include its own padeye for coupling an anchor line or other coupling member to a structure to be secured. The sleeve may also include an assembly of rings coupled together with at least one longitudinal member. The assembly with the rings spaced a distance away from each other may help reduce an installation friction on the sleeve, as it is installed into the sea floor. | 05-14-2009 |
20090220308 | SUPPORTING ARTICLES/LOADS - A locking arrangement for selectively preventing displacement of a tubular article/load support structure ( | 09-03-2009 |
20100040418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE LATERAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE LEGS OF A JACK-UP DRILLING RIG - The invention is directed to a method for increasing the overturning moment resistance of a jack-up drilling rig that includes the step of attaching at least one lateral leg support to at least one jack-up leg, wherein the jack-up leg is secured and has a lattice framework. The invention is also directed to a system and apparatus for increasing the overturning moment resistance of a support member with a lattice framework. | 02-18-2010 |
20100129162 | OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE AND METHOD OF ERECTING A WIND TURBINE TOWER - An off-shore wind turbine includes a tower, a pile forming at least part of a foundation carrying the tower, a radial distance element extending outward from the tower and the pile, and a plurality of connecting elements extending from the radial distance element to at least one of the tower and pile, the plurality of connecting elements being configured to vertically align the tower on the pile. A method of erecting the wind turbine tower is also disclosed. | 05-27-2010 |
20110002742 | OUTER PIPE SLEEVE FOR SEA FLOOR MOORING PILE - The present disclosure provides an improved system and method for increasing an anchoring force on a pile. The concepts regarding the pile can apply whether the pile is degraded and no longer able to support its intended load, or a load on the pile has increased to a level that may overstress the pile. A sleeve can be installed even in subsea conditions over the pile and can be used to provide an additional securing force to the existing pile. The sleeve may include its own padeye for coupling an anchor line or other coupling member to a structure to be secured. The sleeve may also include an assembly of rings coupled together with at least one longitudinal member. The assembly with the rings spaced a distance away from each other may help reduce an installation friction on the sleeve, as it is installed into the sea floor. | 01-06-2011 |
20110170956 | Method of Providing a Foundation for an Elevated Mass, and Assembly of a Jack-Up Platform and a Framed Template for Carrying Out the Method - The application relates to an efficient method of providing a foundation for an elevated mass, such as the jacket of a wind mill, the foundation consists of a plurality of piles, driven into a substrate according to a geometric pattern. The method an assembly of a jack-up platform and a framed template, the template having a plurality of interconnected sleeve guide members for receiving the piles, arranged according to the geometric pattern, and means for slidably moving it along the spud poles of the platform. The framed template is lowered along the spud poles from an in-operative position close to the deck of the platform towards the substrate, and piles driven into the substrate through the sleeve guide members of the template. The invention also relates to a framed template and to an assembly of a jack-up platform and a framed template, adapted for carrying out the method. | 07-14-2011 |
20120014753 | TEMPLATE FOR AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A PLURALITY OF FOUNDATION ELEMENTS IN AN UNDERWATER GROUND FORMATION - The invention relates to a template ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120107053 | SANDWICH BASE STRUCTURE FOR OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES - The invention relates to a base structure ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120107054 | BASE STRUCTURE FOR OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES WITH NOISE REDUCTION - The invention relates to a base structure for an off-shore wind power installation having preferably three base piles, each of which is of a length such that when installed at an installation location it extends from a seabed to above a sea level, wherein the base pile has a driving pile which is guided in its interior at least portion-wise for anchoring in the seabed, and at least one support structure for mounting the wind power installation. Furthermore at least a portion of the base pile has a wall comprising a plurality of layers, wherein there is provided al least an inner layer and an outer layer, between which, is arranged at least one intermediate layer which has a sound-reducing core material, in particular concrete. The invention also relates to a method and an apparatus of reducing noise emissions when erecting a base structure. | 05-03-2012 |
20120213593 | Device for Manufacturing a Foundation for a Mass Located at Height, Associated Method and Assembly of the Device and a Jack-Up Platform - The invention relates to a device for manufacturing a foundation for a mass located at height, such as the jacket of a wind turbine or a jetty, wherein the foundation comprises a quantity of piles driven into an underwater bottom in a geometric pattern. The device comprises a positioning framework of a number of mutually connected guide tubes arranged in a geometric pattern and adapted to receive and guide a pile to be driven into the underwater bottom, wherein the guide tubes comprise measuring means adapted to determine the height of a pile present in the guide tubes. The invention also relates to a method and an assembly of a jack-up platform and the device. | 08-23-2012 |
20120263545 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A JACKET STRUCTURE - A jacket structure for supporting an offshore wind turbine a jacket assembly guide for assembling such a jacket structure and a method of assembling a jacket structure are described The jacket structure includes a plurality of legs, a plurality of connecting braces and a plurality of node elements arranged on the legs for connecting the braces to the legs. A node-to-leg connection is formed between each node element and a leg; and forming a brace-to-node connection between each brace and a node element. A node-to-leg connection and/or a brace-to-node connection include an adhesive joint. | 10-18-2012 |
20120282037 | SUPPORTING FOUNDATION FOR A HYDROKINETIC TURBINE, AND RELATED UNDERWATER DEVICE AND INSTALLATION METHOD - The invention relates to a supporting foundation ( | 11-08-2012 |
20150110564 | OFFSHORE STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - The invention relates to structures, such as offshore structures, associated apparatus and methods. For example, the invention can relate to wind turbine structures, such as piles for offshore wind turbines, and associated apparatus and methods. In some examples, the invention relates to guide apparatus for offshore piles having a guide portion configured to provide an acoustic barrier between a pile and a surrounding body of water during deployment of a pile at a body of water. The apparatus may comprise a dampening structure, such as inflatable bladders, or the like, configured to provide the acoustic barrier. In some example, the guide apparatus comprises a piling template, configured to be positioned on a water floor, so that the guide portion can locate, and be positioned with, the template to allow for guiding of a pile to a water floor. | 04-23-2015 |
20150125220 | OFFSHORE STRUCTURE INSTALLATION - Improved embodiments, apparatus and method relating to the manufacture and installation of offshore steel support structures, known as jackets, for Wind Turbine Generators, including transition pieces thereof. | 05-07-2015 |
20150337517 | OFFSHORE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A support structure for an offshore device is provided, including a vertical guide sleeve and three elongated guide sleeves positioned around the vertical guide sleeve, and various braces connecting the elongated sleeves and the vertical guide sleeve. The support structure also includes a transition joint including a cylindrical portion for connection to an offshore device, such as a support tower of a wind turbine assembly, and a conical portion connected to the vertical guide sleeve. To provide resistance to thrust, bending, and torsional fatigue, at least one set of braces is formed in an oval, racetrack, obround, or stadium configuration, and one or more horizontal stiffeners are positioned in the transition joint to maximize the strength of the support structure. | 11-26-2015 |
20160047107 | UNDERWATER SUPPORT CONCRETE STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION METHOD - Disclosed is a construction method of a foundation for an underwater support structure, which is capable of rapidly installing the foundation of a large-scale structure on a sea floor, and also sufficiently ensuring a horizontal load supporting capability. The construction method includes installing a pile having a head part, in which a catching groove is formed, in a sea floor G; fabricating the foundation for the underwater support structure, in which a buried guide tube is formed to protrude downwardly from a lower surface of the foundation for an underwater support structure, and settling the foundation for the underwater support structure on the sea floor, such that the head part of the pile is inserted into the guide tube; and anchoring the pile into the guide tube using an elastically protruding settlement device formed in the guide tube. | 02-18-2016 |
20160251815 | GRAVITY STRUCTURE INTENDED FOR A MARINE CIVIL-ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
20220136649 | BARGE SPUD GREASING SYSTEM - A spud greasing system includes a spudwell and a spud configured to slidingly engage with the spudwell between a deployed position and an undeployed position. The spud includes an access window configured to align and correspond with a window of the spudwell when the spud is in the undeployed position. A sheave assembly is mounted in the spud and includes a first sheave and a second sheave rotationally mounted proximate a front end and a back end of the housing, respectively. When the spud is in the undeployed position, a grease supply is configured to be selectively connected to a supply pipe through the window and access window of the spudwell and spud thereby supplying grease to the first sheave of the sheave assembly without removing the spud from the spudwell. | 05-05-2022 |