Abrégé

The application provides a floating structure for mooring a vessel in a water body, comprising a hull having a plurality of dampers disposed on lateral sides or corners of the hull, a plurality of piles erected in the water body around a periphery of the hull, wherein each of the piles comprises a guiding plate having one or more guiding surfaces for coupling to at least one damper, one or more auxiliary piles connected to the pile by truss structure and partially embedded in the water body, the hull is vertically slidably coupled to a plurality of piles by slidably coupling the dampers to corresponding guiding surfaces of the guiding plate on the piles. The application also provides a plurality of floating structures linked to form a water-based hub serving as a novel nearshore logistics anchorage hub.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 22/02 - Coffres d'amarrage ou bouées spécialement adaptés pour l'amarrage d'un navire
• B63B 21/50 - Dispositifs d'ancrage pour navires spéciaux, p.ex. pour plates-formes flottantes de forage ou dragues
• E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p.ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensibles; Procédés de construction de celles-ci

Abrégé

This invention relates to a modular structure for a floating infrastructure. The modular structure comprises a base slab; a basement slab; a base cell form between the base slab and the basement slab; a platform deck; an external waterproof wall extending from a perimeter of the base slab to a perimeter of the platform deck; a honeycomb double wall provided along an internal surface of the external waterproof wall; a bottom hull defined between the base slab and basement slab, wherein the base cell form is between the base slab and the basement slab; and a top hull defined between the basement slab and platform deck, a plurality of columns between the base slab and the platform deck wherein the plurality of columns in the bottom hull are evenly distributed within the honeycomb double wall and the plurality of columns in the top hull are not evenly distributed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 35/44 - Constructions, magasins, plates-formes de forage ou ateliers flottants, p.ex. portant des appareils séparateurs huile-eau
• B32B 3/12 - Produits stratifiés caractérisés essentiellement par le fait qu'une des couches comporte des discontinuités ou des rugosités externes ou internes, ou bien qu'une des couches est de forme générale non plane; Produits stratifiés caractérisés essentiellement par des particularismes de forme caractérisés par une couche discontinue, c. à d. soit continue et percée de trous, soit réellement constituée d'éléments individuels caractérisés par une couche d'alvéoles disposées régulièrement, soit formant corps unique dans un tout, soit structurées individuellement ou par assemblage de bandes indépendantes, p.ex. structures en nids d'abeilles
• B63B 11/00 - Subdivision intérieure des coques

Abrégé

This invention relates to nearshore solutions comprising: a plurality of bottom sittinginfrastructure modules defining a boundary of the nearshore solution, and forming a lagoon;each of the plurality of bottom sitting infrastructure modules is adapted to transfer loads ofthe bottom sitting infrastructure modules to a seabed and withstand surrounding waterpressure. The nearshore solutions further comprise general purpose modules which canbe either bottom sitting or floating as well as the floating infrastructure modules arearranged within the boundary or seawall. Floating infrastructure module is designed to allowlighter infrastructure services, and for transport network such as vehicles to travel throughor park connectors. General purpose modules are designed for live, work, play; toaccommodate residential, office and recreational facilities, etc. The bottom sitting generalpurpose modules are designed to cater for heavier topside structures and the floatinggeneral purpose modules to cater for higher topside structures.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 35/44 - Constructions, magasins, plates-formes de forage ou ateliers flottants, p.ex. portant des appareils séparateurs huile-eau
• E02B 17/00 - Iles artificielles montées sur pilotis ou supports similaires, p.ex. plates-formes sur pieds extensibles; Procédés de construction de celles-ci
• E02D 27/32 - Fondations pour des buts particuliers

Abrégé

This invention relates to a floating structure with an integrated mooring dolphin structure.The floating structure comprises a hull and at least one integrated mooring dolphinstructure. The integrated mooring dolphin structure comprises a channel extendingperpendicularly from a bottom surface of the hull, the channel having an inner surfaceand an outer surface; a mooring pile having a first part configured to be embedded intoa seabed and a second part disposed within the channel to be integrated into the floatingstructure; a fender system with low friction pad, provided around the first part of themooring pile; and at least one diaphragm ring disposed on the outer surface of thechannel; and wherein the mooring pile is restrained from lateral translation within thechannel while able to translate in vertical direction in response to tidal changes in thelevel of body of water.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02B 3/28 - Pieux de défense
• B63B 35/00 - Embarcations ou structures flottantes similaires spécialement adaptées à des finalités spécifiques et non prévues ailleurs
• E02D 5/54 - Pieux ayant des supports ou des éléments d'ancrage préfabriqués; Pieux d'ancrage

Abrégé

This document describes a system for coupling a first floating structure to a second floating structure. More particularly, this document describes a system that uses a combination of arms; and fastener and pivot hinge devices to couple a first floating structure to a second floating structure.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 21/04 - Apparaux de fixation ou de guidage pour chaînes, amarres, aussières, ou matériels analogues
• B63B 35/44 - Constructions, magasins, plates-formes de forage ou ateliers flottants, p.ex. portant des appareils séparateurs huile-eau
• B63B 35/38 - Pontons à liaisons rigides

Abrégé

Embodiments of the invention disclose a mobile robot capable of performing surface transition on ferromagnetic surfaces, the robot comprises: a chassis; at least one driven wheel rotatably mounted to the chassis and operative to drive the chassis to transit from a first ferromagnetic surface to a second ferromagnetic surface which is non-parallel thereto; and at least a first and a second non-driven wheel rotatably mounted to the chassis, wherein rotation axes of the driven wheel and the first non-driven wheel are mutually spaced apart in a lengthwise direction, wherein rotation axes of the first and the second non-driven wheel are mutually spaced apart in an elevation direction which is orthogonal to the lengthwise direction, and wherein a distance, along the lengthwise direction, between an outer edge of the second non-driven wheel and the rotation axis of the driven wheel is greater than a distance,along the lengthwise direction, between an outer edge of the first non-driven wheel and the rotation axis of the driven wheel, such that the second non-driven wheel is arranged to be in magnetic adhesion contact with the first ferromagnetic surface when the driven wheel and the first non-driven wheel are arranged to be in concurrent magnetic adhesion contact with the second ferromagnetic surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• B62D 57/024 - Véhicules caractérisés par des moyens de propulsion ou de prise avec le sol autres que les roues ou les chenilles, seuls ou en complément aux roues ou aux chenilles avec moyens de propulsion en prise avec le sol, p.ex. par jambes mécaniques spécialement adaptés pour se déplacer sur des surfaces inclinées ou verticales

Abrégé

The invention provides a power storage and supply method and system for a drilling rig. The system comprises a primary common direct current (DC) bus, at least one secondary DC bus, at least one bi-directional DC-to-DC converter connected between the primary common DC bus and the secondary DC bus, at least one motor group each connected to the secondary DC bus through a DC-to-AC inverter, and an Energy Storage System (ESS) configured to be charged by regenerative energy from at least one motor group and discharge power to at least one motor group through the primary common DC bus and the bi-directional DC-to-DC converter. The system may further comprise a bi-directional AC-to-DC converter between the primary DC bus and an AC bus, wherein the ESS is further configured to be charged by regenerative energy generated during lowering operation of a jacking system for the drilling rig, wherein the jacking system is connected to the AC bus.

Classes IPC  ?

• H02K 7/14 - Association structurelle à des charges mécaniques, p.ex. à des machines-outils portatives ou des ventilateurs
• H02J 7/14 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries pour la charge de batteries par des générateurs dynamo-électriques entraînés à vitesse variable, p.ex. sur véhicule
• H02J 5/00 - Circuits pour le transfert d'énergie électrique entre réseaux à courant alternatif et réseaux à courant continu
• E21B 19/00 - Manipulation de tiges, tubages, tubes ou autre objets analogues à l'extérieur du trou de forage, p.ex. dans la tour de forage; Appareils pour faire avancer les tiges ou les câbles
• H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
• H02P 5/74 - Dispositions spécialement adaptées à la régulation ou la commande de la vitesse ou du couple d’au moins deux moteurs électriques pour commander au moins deux moteurs dynamo-électriques à courant alternatif
• H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
• E21B 41/00 - Matériel ou accessoires non couverts par les groupes
• H02J 7/35 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p.ex. batterie tampon avec des cellules sensibles à la lumière

Abrégé

Installation vessels and methods for offshore wind turbine installation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a cantilever mast is used to transfer of wind turbine components from an installation vessel to an offshore installation site and guide the transfer to prevent undesired swinging movements of the wind turbine components. In another embodiment, a main crane is used in cooperation with a guide arm to transfer and guide wind turbine components from an installation vessel to an offshore installation site.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02D 27/42 - Fondations pour poteaux, mâts ou cheminées
• E04H 12/34 - Dispositions pour élever ou abaisser des tours, mâts, poteaux, corps de cheminée ou analogues