US 12,234,802 B2
Floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit
Otto DaSilva, Houston, TX (US); and Dhiraj Purswani, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Exmar Offshore Company, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Exmar Offshore Company, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,742.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,654, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316446 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 13/10 (2016.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 73/60 (2020.01); B63B 75/00 (2020.01); B63B 83/20 (2020.01)
CPC F03D 13/10 (2016.05) [B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 73/60 (2020.01); B63B 75/00 (2020.01); B63B 83/20 (2020.01); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit, comprising:
a first vessel spaced a distance apart from a second vessel;
an extended deck coupled to the first vessel and the second vessel, wherein the extended deck is positioned in the distance between the first vessel and the second vessel;
wherein the extended deck comprises a first deck section and a second deck section, the first deck section affixed to both the first and second vessels forming a single integrated vessel, and the second deck section being movable between a submerged or near sea level position and a position above a sea level.