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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jean J. Abiassi, San Antonio, TX (US);
Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An offshore wind turbine apparatus may include a platform and an equalizer with sealed internal volumes, a turbine mast connected to the platform, a turbine which is connected to the turbine mast, and turbine blades connected to the turbine. The apparatus may be rotatably mounted on a barge via a trunnion. The apparatus may rotate from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially upright position when sufficient ballast material is inserted into the equalizer. The equalizer may rest on a sea floor. The platform may provide a restorative buoyant force that tends to cause the apparatus to return to the upright position when perturbed from the upright position.