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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Saipem S.a., Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Christophe Colmard, Guyancourt, FR;
Paul Franc, Paris, FR;
Jean-Baptiste Le Clezio, Versailles, FR;
Frédéric Gentil, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Thierry Delahaye, Vanves, FR;
Nicolas Chazot, Gif sur Yvette, FR;
Raymond Hallot, Voisins le Bretonneux, FR;
SAIPEM S.A., Montigny le, FR;
Abstract
A floating support structure for an offshore wind turbine, comprises a float intended to be partly immersed and on which a wind turbine mast is intended to be assembled, and a counterweight connected to the float and intended to be immersed under the float. The float comprises a toroid or polygon-shaped main structure with at least five sides, a central tubular structure having a diameter adapted to receive the mast of the wind turbine and comprising a section able to be ballasted in order to adjust the waterline of the float, a first series of horizontal struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure, and a second series of oblique struts distributed about a vertical axis and connecting the main structure to the central structure at an angle comprised between 15° and 60° with the horizontal struts.