US 12,480,270 B2
Submersible offshore platform and method of installing the same
Mark A. Danaczko, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Mark A. Danaczko, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 12, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/205,119.
Application 19/205,119 is a division of application No. 18/626,308, filed on Apr. 3, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/527,985, filed on Jul. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/456,779, filed on Apr. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0270780 A1, Aug. 28, 2025
Int. Cl. E02B 17/00 (2006.01); E02B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 17/0004 (2013.01) [E02B 17/021 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0091 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An offshore platform configured to be submerged and installed at a sea floor installation site, the offshore platform comprising:
a primary node and a primary column disposed thereon;
a plurality of support nodes;
a plurality of pontoon sections, each of the plurality of pontoon sections configured to connect the plurality of support nodes to the primary node or to each other;
a plurality of buoyant modules, wherein each of the plurality of buoyant modules is detachably connected to a respective support node; and
a primary column support system, wherein the primary column support system comprises:
a plurality of vertical supports fixed around a perimeter of the primary column, each of the plurality of vertical supports having one end connected to the primary column node; and
a support structure connecting a top portion of each of the plurality of vertical supports to the primary column,
wherein the plurality of buoyant modules are removable from the plurality of support nodes after the offshore platform is submerged and installed at the sea floor installation site.