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US 10,065,710 B2Granted
Anchoring line for a floating base, comprising an elastic device
AssigneesIfp Energies Nouvelles, Techlam
InventorsYann Poirette, Daniel Averbuch, Stéphane Buffy, Alain Skraber
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Abstract
The invention relates to anchoring systems for floating bases for the production of energy at sea (floating wind turbine, wave energy, floating hydraulic turbines, ETM platform, etc.) and/or for petroleum exploitation at sea, constituted by at least one anchoring line which comprises at least one portion which is constituted by cable, chain or a combination of the two and at least one elastic device.
Claims20
Anchoring line for a floating base which comprises at least one elastic device, characterized in that the elastic device comprises:
- a first rigid element,
- a second rigid element, which moves in rectilinear translation relative to the first rigid element,
- at least one first elastic element which is inserted between the first rigid element and the second rigid element, wherein at least one first elastic element operates with a shearing action, and
- a travel limit stop provided between the first rigid element and the second rigid element, the travel limit stop comprising a second resilient element operating with a compression action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.