Back to results
US 8,522,707 B1Granted
Oil spill and hurricane fighting system
AssigneeInnovative Engineering Solutions, Inc.
InventorSamir S. Shiban
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeInnovative Engineering Solutions, Inc.
InventorSamir S. Shiban
Estimating the term…
A three dimensional floating structure is formed of interconnected sealed pipes. Large tires are filled with foam, sealed and arranged side by side on the lowest horizontal pipes. A deck supports activities. Structures on sides at a water surface trap floating substances. Offset hinged plates connect modules, forming large structures. Wind redirectors are mounted on plural levels. Windmill pumps draw cool deep water and spray water to disrupt wind energy, cool the surface and concentrate floating substances. The windmills drive turbine generators directly by pumping water to storage tanks and discharging the water through penstocks to drive hydro-electric turbine generators. Excess power is transmitted through cables to onshore power grids. The floating structures provide oil recovery and wind de-energizing, water and waste treatment and residential and recreational activities.
Apparatus comprising floating structure modules, further comprising sealed and interconnected structural lower, intermediate and upper pipes, foam filled and sealed buoyant elements connected to lower sealed pipes in the floating structure modules and decks connected to upper pipes and module interconnecting plates joined edges of deck plates on adjacent modules for interconnecting the modules, wherein the interconnecting plates are hinged from hinges along peripheral edges of the deck plates of the modules, and further comprising first connectors on the ends of the interconnecting plates remote from the hinges, and second connectors on the deck plates spaced between the hinges for connecting to the first connectors on the ends of the interconnecting plates of adjacent modules for forming an assembly of modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.