# US 2019/0168847 A1 · Rotating floating platform

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- Number: US 2019/0168847 A1
- Document ID: US20190168847A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/324,358
- Filed: 2017-09-25
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-26
- Assignees: Solarisfloat, Lda
- Applicants: Solarisfloat, Lda
- Inventors: Nuno CORREIA; Carla GOMES; Ricardo PINTO; Luis PINA; Nuno MOITA; Jorge TEIXEIRA DA SILVA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168847A1

## CPC

- B63B 35/38: Rigidly-interconnected pontoons
- B63B 35/34: Pontoons (floating bridges E01D15/14)
- F24S 30/40: for rotary movement
- H02S 20/00: Supporting structures for PV modules
- B63B 21/00: Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring ({of buoys B63B22/04;} dynamic anchoring B63H25/00 {; equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. for landing purposes, E02B})
- F24S 20/70: Waterborne solar heat collector modules (for working fluids forming pools or ponds F24S10/10)
- Y02E 10/47: Mountings or tracking
- 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)
- F24S: SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS (for producing mechanical power from solar energy F03G6/00)
- H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A rotating floating platform, adapted to accommodate energy production systems, namely solar panels but not limited to these systems. The technology now developed provides rotational movement to the entire platform, on the plane of the aquatic medium where it floats, being its rotation capacity independent of fixed and rigid structures. In order to achieve this independency, the rotating floating platform comprises a central floating module connected directly or indirectly to at least two propulsion modules, where the connection to the bottom of the basin being provided through a flexible mooring unit forming a rotation floating structure where the momentum and the rotation axis act as one, thus creating a rotation platform.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-8. (canceled)

### Claim 9

Rotating floating platform comprising:
a central floating module comprising a central floating component having a bearing type connection for coupling an outer component, and means for fixating a mooring unit of an anchor type, said outer component providing the connection of the central floating module to a plurality of propulsion modules by means of a fixation mechanism;
a plurality of propulsion modules, wherein each propulsion module comprises a motor unit coupled to at least one floating component, the motor unit comprising a propeller and a control unit, said control unit comprising a communication module configured to establish a wired/wireless communication link to an external entity, and processor means adapted to operate the propeller and defining its rotation movement direction according to instructions received by the external entity.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, wherein the outer component is of a ring shape.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, wherein the mooring unit is fixed to the central floating module by means of a swivel and rope connection providing the connection of the platform to the bottom of the basin.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, further comprising at least one floating component connected between the outer component of the central floating module and the propulsion module, by means of the fixation mechanism.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, wherein the fixation mechanism is of a rope type.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, wherein the motor unit of a propulsion module is coupled to two floating components by a rigidly mechanical tubular frame and by means of a connection mechanism.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 14, wherein the connection mechanism is of a clamp and screw type.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The rotating floating platform according to claim 9, wherein the connection between the control unit and the motor of a propulsion module is provided by a vertical stick, which holds the motor in a pre-defined distance between the bottom surface of the platform and the ground.