# US 2022/0161904 A1 · Marine wind power generation floating body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0161904 A1 - Document ID: US20220161904A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/440,967 - Filed: 2019-11-19 - Published: 2022-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-14 - Assignees: Ace E&T (Engineering & Technology) - Applicants: Ace E&T (Engineering & Technology) - Inventors: Day Hwan KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220161904A1 ## CPC - 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)} - B63B 39/03: by transferring liquids - B63B 1/048: {with hull extending principally vertically} - B63B 39/005: {Equipment to decrease ship's vibrations produced externally to the ship, e.g. wave-induced vibrations (propulsion mountings for anti-vibration purposes B63H21/30; vibration dampers, suppression of vibration in systems F16F)} - F03D 13/25: specially adapted for offshore installation - B63B 2001/044: {with a small waterline area compared to total displacement, e.g. of semi-submersible type} - B63B 2035/446: {for converting wind energy into electric energy} - B63B 2039/067: {effecting motion dampening by means of fixed or movable resistance bodies, e.g. by bilge keels} - F05B 2240/93: on a structure floating on a liquid surface - F05B 2240/95: offshore - Y02E 10/72: Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction - 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 marine wind power generation floating body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be coupled to a tower used for wind power generation and is provided at sea. The marine wind power generation floating body includes a floating main body which is formed at a predetermined length and which has a circular transverse cross section, a ballast part positioned on one side of the floating main body, a damping plate positioned at one end of the floating main body, and formed with a diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of one side of the floating main body, and a pitching/rolling damping part which is positioned on the other side of the floating main body, and which damps the horizontal pitching and rolling of the floating main body. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1: A marine wind power generation floating body that is to be coupled to a tower used for wind power generation and is to be installed on the sea, comprising: a floating main body having a predetermined length and a circular transverse cross-section; a ballast part positioned on one side of the floating main body; a damping plate positioned at one end of the floating main body and having a diameter greater than an outer diameter of one side of the floating main body; and a pitching/rolling damping part positioned on the other side of the floating main body to damp a horizontal pitching and rolling of the floating main body. ### Claim at position 2 (depends on 1) 2: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 1, wherein the pitching/rolling damping part comprises at least three damping members radially arranged outside the floating main body; and the at least three damping members are positioned at a water plane when the floating main body stands on the sea. ### Claim at position 3 (depends on 2) 3: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 2, wherein each of the at least three damping members comprises a hollow liquid accommodation part, the pitching/rolling damping part further comprises at least three flowage members configured to connect two adjacent damping members among the at least three damping members; at least three liquid accommodation parts communicate with each other through the at least three flowage members; and liquid is accommodated in the at least three flowage members and the at least three liquid accommodation parts. ### Claim at position 4 (depends on 2) 4: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 2, wherein the at least three damping members are provided in four; the four damping members are arranged with an equal distance; and each of the four damping members has a cylindrical shape having the same diameter. ### Claim at position 5 (depends on 1) 5: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 1, wherein the floating main body further comprises a protruding damping part positioned between the ballast part and the pitching/rolling damping part; and the protruding damping part has an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of one side of the floating main body. ### Claim at position 6 (depends on 5) 6: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 5, wherein the protruding damping part comprises a tapered portion formed on one of one end and the other end in a longitudinal direction thereof and having an outer surface inclined to the longitudinal direction. ### Claim at position 7 (depends on 1) 7: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 1, wherein the floating main body comprises: a first wall and a second wall, which are spaced apart from each other in a radial direction thereof and each of which has a cylindrical shape having a predetermined diameter; and an auxiliary ballast positioned between the first wall and the second wall. ### Claim at position 8 (depends on 7) 8: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 7, wherein the auxiliary ballast is formed with a ring shape along a circumferential direction of the floating main body. ### Claim at position 9 (depends on 7) 9: The marine wind power generation floating body of claim 7, wherein the first wall forms an outer surface of the floating main body; and the ballast part is positioned inside the second wall.