US 12,291,310 B1
Floating platform, anchor container structure, floating structure, and installation method for installing floating platform on water
Hideki Terasawa, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TERASUN Co. Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/874,416
Filed by TERASUN Co. Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2024, PCT No. PCT/JP2024/002862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2025/062676, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 27, 2025.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-151768 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2023.
Int. Cl. B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/00 (2006.01); B63B 75/00 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 21/20 (2013.01) [B63B 75/00 (2020.01); B63B 2021/003 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating platform (2) comprising:
a floating structure (3) configured to support a tower (1) and placed on water by means of taut mooring;
an anchor container structure (4) comprising a plurality of containers (17); and
a plurality of tethers (5) connecting the floating structure (3) and the anchor container structure (4),
wherein each of the plurality of containers (17) is fixed to at least one of the plurality of tethers (5) and placed on a water bottom,
wherein each of the plurality of containers (17) comprises:
a bottom (19) having a central opening (190);
a container outer wall (20) provided around a periphery of the bottom (19); and
a container inner wall (21) surrounding the central opening (190) and facing the container outer wall (20),
wherein the bottom (19), the container outer wall (20), and the container inner wall (21) form a housing space (S), and
wherein heavy materials are contained in the housing space (S), and the heavy materials include at least one of soil, sand, gravel, crushed stone, and concrete pieces.