# US 11,858,604 B2 · Method for installing offshore floating body for wind power generation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,858,604 B2 - Document ID: US11858604B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/438,654 - Filed: 2020-11-24 - Published: 2022-09-29 - Granted: 2024-01-02 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-16 - Assignees: Ace E&T (Engineering & Technology) - Applicants: Ace E&T (Engineering & Technology) - Inventors: Day Hwan Kim; Soo Han Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11858604B2 ## CPC - B63B 77/10: specially adapted for electric power plants, e.g. wind turbines or tidal turbine generators - B63B 35/003: {for transporting very large loads, e.g. offshore structure modules (construction methods for artificial islands mounted on piles E02B17/00; for transporting marine vessels B63B35/40; docks B63C1/00)} - B63B 35/44: Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices {(construction methods for floating offshore platforms B63B75/00)} - F03D 13/10: Assembly of wind motors; Arrangements for erecting wind motors - F03D 13/25: specially adapted for offshore installation - F03D 13/40: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for transporting wind motor components - B63B 2035/446: {for converting wind energy into electric energy} - F05B 2230/6102: carried on a floating platform - F05B 2240/93: on a structure floating on a liquid surface - F05B 2240/95: offshore - F05B 2240/97: on a submerged structure - Y02E 10/727: Offshore wind turbines - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - F03D: WIND MOTORS - F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A method for installing an offshore wind power generation floating body may include manufacturing a lower structure including a damping plate, a guide beam including protruding portions, and a slot, coupling a temporary buoyancy tank to each protruding portion, installing a concrete block mounting structure in the slot, transporting the lower structure on the sea until a destination by a towing vessel, fixing the lower structure between a first work barge and a second work barge by a link bridge connected to each of the first work barge and the second work barge, and seating a concrete block connected to a second wire of a second crane seated on the second work barge on the concrete block mounting structure in a state in which first wires of a first crane are connected to the lower structure to maintain a tension equal to or greater than a set magnitude. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for installing offshore wind power generation floating body, comprising: manufacturing a lower structure comprising a damping plate having a circular plate shape, a guide beam configured to support each of a top surface and a bottom surface of the damping plate and comprising a plurality of protruding portions formed on a side surface of the damping plate, and a slot for fixing an upper structure, which is formed in the top surface of the damping plate and has an empty space at a central portion thereof; coupling a temporary buoyancy tank to each of the plurality of protruding portions; installing a concrete block mounting structure in the empty space of the slot for fixing the upper structure; transporting the lower structure on the sea until a destination by a towing vessel; fixing the lower structure between a first work barge and a second work barge by a link bridge connected to each of the first work barge and the second work barge; and seating a concrete block connected to a second wire of a second crane seated on the second work barge on the concrete block mounting structure in a state in which a plurality of first wires of a first crane seated on the first work barge are connected to the lower structure to maintain a tension equal to or greater than a set magnitude. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the coupling comprises: coupling a slot for coupling, which is for coupling the temporary buoyancy tank to the protruding portion having an H-beam shape; installing a rod on an outer surface of the temporary buoyancy tank; forming an impact absorbing plate for fixing the temporary buoyancy tank on the outside of the rod; inserting the rod to the slot for coupling; and folding a folding-type blocking plate in one direction, which is formed below the rod so that the temporary buoyancy tank is not escaped from the slot for coupling. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the installing of the concrete block mounting structure in the empty space of the slot for fixing the upper structure comprises: seating the concrete block mounting structure in the empty space; coupling a plurality of base anchors protruding from the top surface of the damping plate with anchor bolts after passing through the concrete block mounting structure; and filling mortar into the concrete block mounting structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the concrete block mounting structure has a cylindrical shape having an opened upper portion, and a plurality of connection plates, which are spaced apart from each other, are formed on an outer surface of the concrete block mounting structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the fixing of the lower structure by the link bridge fixes the lower structure by the link bridge as one end of the link bridge, which protrudes from the first work barge, and the other end of the link bridge, which protrudes from the second barge, are coupled to the connection plates, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein a spring structure for relieving an impact caused by a wave is installed on each of one end and the other end of the link bridge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: after the seating of the concrete block on the concrete block mounting structure: releasing coupling between the connection plates and the one end and the other end of the link bridge; allowing the first work barge and the second work barge to sink by a ballast for work height adjustment of the first work barge and the second work barge; and coupling the upper structure having a shape corresponding to the concrete block mounting structure with the concrete block mounting structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the coupling of the upper structure with the concrete block mounting structure couples the upper structure with the concrete block mounting structure as a plurality of connection structures formed on an outer surface of the upper structure are assembled with the connection plates. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising, after the coupling of the upper structure with the concrete block mounting structure: removing the temporary buoyancy tank through the second wire of the second crane; and allowing the upper structure and the lower structure to sink below a seawater surface as a tension of the first wire of the first crane is released. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising, after the coupling of the upper structure with the concrete block mounting structure: connecting a plurality of third wires to an outer surface of the upper structure; connecting the third wire to each of a plurality of towing vessels; and adjusting a tension of the third wire by the towing vessel connected with the third wire to maintain standing of each of the upper structure and the lower structure while the upper structure and the lower structure sink below the seawater surface.