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US 10,300,993 B2Granted
Buoyant structure with a plurality of tunnels and fins
OwnerNicolaas Johannes Vandenworminventor
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Abstract
A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.
Claims16
A buoyant structure comprising:
- a. a hull having a main deck;
- b. a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck;
- c. a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section;
- d. a keel having an n-polytope shape;
- e. a plurality of separate tunnels formed in the hull, wherein the plurality of separate tunnels are configured to contain water at operational depth of the buoyant structure;
- and
- f. a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull, the fin-shaped appendage having a shape selected from the group consisting of:
- triangular shape, a hump, and a pair of connected triangular projections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.