US 12,448,093 B2
Floating wind turbine platform
Jorge Campos Antunes Ferrao, Oslo (NO)
Assigned to Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/681,205
Filed by Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/NO2022/050188
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 5, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/014230, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2111176 (GB), filed on Aug. 3, 2021; application No. 10-2022-0064205 (KR), filed on May 25, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0064206 (KR), filed on May 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308631 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 1/12 (2006.01); B63B 35/38 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/30 (2016.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01); F03D 13/25 (2016.01)
CPC B63B 35/44 (2013.01) [B63B 1/125 (2013.01); B63B 35/38 (2013.01); B63B 35/4413 (2013.01); F03D 1/00 (2013.01); F03D 9/30 (2016.05); F03D 13/126 (2023.08); F03D 13/256 (2023.08); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01); F05B 2220/30 (2013.01); F05B 2240/93 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating wind turbine platform, comprising:
a triangular hull configurable to support a wind turbine tower;
the hull comprising a first, second and third column, the first, second and third columns being connected by a first, second and third pontoon member, as well as by a first, second and third connector,
wherein:
a lateral cross-section of each of the first, second and third columns has a shape of an irregular convex polygon;
each of the first, second and third columns comprises first and second intersecting surfaces, each intersecting surface being oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first, second or third pontoon member; and
each of the first, second and third columns comprises a first external side adjoining the first intersecting surface and a second external side adjoining the second intersecting surface, each external side being co-planar with a side of the first, second or third pontoon member.