Patents by Inventor Habib J. Dagher

Habib J. Dagher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180134344
    Abstract: A hull for a semi-submersible wind turbine platform capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine includes a keystone and at least three bottom beams extending radially outward of the keystone. Each bottom beam has a primary beam portion and a column base portion, wherein the column base portion is configured to support an outer column of the hull thereon, and wherein the primary beam portion defines a first ballast compartment therein. The first ballast compartment is in fluid communication with water in the body of water in which the hull is floating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli, Mark Dwyer
  • Patent number: 9964097
    Abstract: A semi-submersible wind turbine platform is capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine, and includes a keystone. At least three bottom beams extend radially outward of the keystone, and a center column extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of the keystone, a first axial end of the center column attached to the keystone; the center column configured to have a tower attached to a second axial end thereof. One of a plurality of outer columns extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of each bottom beam, wherein first axial ends of the outer columns are attached to a distal end of each bottom beam. One of a plurality of top beams extends between a second axial end of each outer column and a second axial end of the center column, wherein the top beams are configured substantially not to resist bending moment of a tower attached to the center column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: University Of Maine System Board Of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli
  • Publication number: 20180030963
    Abstract: A method of constructing and assembling a floating wind turbine platform includes constructing pre-stressed concrete sections of a floating wind turbine platform base, assembling the floating wind turbine platform base sections to form the base at a first location in a floating wind turbine platform assembly area, and moving the base to a second location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. Pre-stressed concrete sections of floating wind turbine platform columns are constructed, and the column sections are assembled to form a center column and a plurality of outer columns on the base to define a hull at the second location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. The hull is then moved to a third location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area. Secondary structures are mounted on and within the hull, and the hull is moved to a fourth location in the floating wind turbine platform assembly area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Anthony M. Viselli, Habib J. Dagher
  • Patent number: 9809007
    Abstract: A hybrid composite panel suitable for forming a container includes a wood layer and a fiber-reinforced polymer composite layer having a sensor system embedded therein. The wood layer is laminated plywood that includes at least one of hard and soft wood, solid-sawn tongue-and-groove hardwood planks, and partially laminated solid-sawn hardwood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Publication number: 20170225750
    Abstract: A floating buoy includes a buoy hull having a tower that extends outwardly from the hull. A plurality of sensors are mounted either on the buoy hull, within the buoy hull, and/or on the tower. The plurality of sensors includes at least one met-ocean sensor, at least one ecological sensor, and at least one wind speed measurement sensor. The floating buoy further includes an autonomous power system that is configured to provide electrical power to each of the plurality of sensors. The wind speed measurement sensor may be a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) wind speed measurement sensor, a surface level wind speed sensor, an ultrasonic wind speed sensor, or SODAR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Neal Pettigrew, Anthony M. Viselli, Rachael Joyce, John Wallinga, Patrick Fikes, Neal Fisher
  • Publication number: 20170051724
    Abstract: A wind turbine platform configured to float in a body of water and support a wind turbine thereon includes a buoyant hull platform. A wind turbine tower is centrally mounted on the hull platform and a wind turbine is mounted to the wind turbine tower. An anchor is connected to the hull platform and to the seabed, and a weight-adjustable mass is suspended from the hull platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli, Andrew J. Goupee
  • Publication number: 20170043559
    Abstract: A hybrid composite panel suitable for forming a container includes a wood layer and a fiber-reinforced polymer composite layer having a sensor system embedded therein. The wood layer is laminated plywood that includes at least one of hard and soft wood, solid-sawn tongue-and-groove hardwood planks, and partially laminated solid-sawn hardwood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Patent number: 9518564
    Abstract: A wind turbine platform is configured for floating in a body of water and includes a hull defining a hull cavity therein. The hull is formed from reinforced concrete. A tower is configured to mount a wind turbine and is also connected to the hull. An anchor member is connected to the hull and to the seabed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEE
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli, Andrew J. Goupee
  • Publication number: 20160341182
    Abstract: A floating wind turbine farm 230 includes a plurality of anchors 20/202/204/206/208 fixed in or on a bed of a body of water. A plurality of floating wind turbine platforms 10 is deployed in the body of water, each of the floating wind turbine platforms 10 having one or more mooring lines 200/212 that extend between, and are attached to, the floating wind turbine platform 10 and one of the anchors 20/202/204/206/208. Each anchor 20/202/204/206/208 is configured to receive two or more mooring lines 200/212, wherein each of the mooring lines 200/212 are from a different one of the plurality of floating wind turbine platforms 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli, John E. Halkyard
  • Publication number: 20160340000
    Abstract: A method of assembling a floating wind turbine platform includes forming a base assembly of the floating wind turbine platform in a cofferdam or a graving dock built in water having a first depth, then flooding the cofferdam or graving dock and floating the assembled base assembly to an assembly area in water having a second depth. A center column and a plurality of outer columns are then either assembled or formed on the base assembly. A tower is either assembled or formed on the center column. The wind turbine is then assembled on the tower, thereby defining the floating wind turbine platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli
  • Publication number: 20160230746
    Abstract: A semi-submersible wind turbine platform is capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine, and includes a keystone. At least three bottom beams extend radially outward of the keystone, and a center column extends perpendicularly from an upper surface of the keystone, a first axial end of the center column attached to the keystone; the center column configured to have a tower attached to a second axial end thereof. One of a plurality of outer columns ex-tends perpendicularly from an upper surface of each bottom beam, wherein first axial ends of the outer columns are attached to a distal end of each bottom beam. One of a plurality of top beams extends between a second axial end of each outer column and a second axial end of the center column, wherein the top beams are configured substantially not to resist bending moment of a tower attached to the center column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli
  • Patent number: 9406209
    Abstract: A container includes a plurality of weldable hybrid composite panels. Each panel includes a four sided composite panel element, wherein each of the four sides defines a side edge and the composite panel element is formed of fibrous reinforcement layers encased in a resin matrix. Weldable metallic elongated edge elements extend along and are either fixed to the side edges of an outside surface of the panel element or extend from a periphery of the panel element, such that each of the weldable elongated edge elements has a profile that is the same as a profile of its respective side edge. The weldable elongated edge elements are structured to enable the composite panel to be welded at its peripheral edges. The container also includes a plurality of metal rails attached together and defining a rectangular parallelepiped frame having six sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Patent number: 9396635
    Abstract: A weldable hybrid composite panel suitable for forming a container includes a four sided composite panel element wherein each side defines a side edge. The composite panel element is formed of fibrous reinforcement layers encased in a resin matrix. Weldable metallic elongated edge elements extend along and are either fixed to the side edges of an outside surface of the panel element or extend from a periphery of the panel element. Each of the weldable elongated edge elements has a profile that is the same as a profile of its respective side edge and is structured to enable the composite panel to be welded at its peripheral edges. The panel element also includes a sensor system embedded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Patent number: 9394035
    Abstract: A semisubmersible wind turbine platform capable of floating on a body of water and supporting a wind turbine over a vertical center column includes a vertical center column and three or more vertical outer columns spaced radially from the center column, each of the outer columns being connected to the center column with one or more of bottom beams, top beams, and struts, with the major structural components being made of concrete and having sufficient buoyancy to support a wind turbine tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Anthony M. Viselli, Andrew J. Goupee
  • Publication number: 20150206404
    Abstract: A weldable hybrid composite panel suitable for forming a container includes a four sided composite panel element wherein each side defines a side edge. The composite panel element is formed of fibrous reinforcement layers encased in a resin matrix. Weldable metallic elongated edge elements extend along and are either fixed to the side edges of an outside surface of the panel element or extend from a periphery of the panel element. Each of the weldable elongated edge elements has a profile that is the same as a profile of its respective side edge and is structured to enable the composite panel to be welded at its peripheral edges. The panel element also includes a sensor system embedded therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Publication number: 20150034635
    Abstract: A container includes a plurality of weldable hybrid composite panels. Each panel includes a four sided composite panel element, wherein each of the four sides defines a side edge and the composite panel element is formed of fibrous reinforcement layers encased in a resin matrix. Weldable metallic elongated edge elements extend along and are either fixed to the side edges of an outside surface of the panel element or extend from a periphery of the panel element, such that each of the weldable elongated edge elements has a profile that is the same as a profile of its respective side edge. The weldable elongated edge elements are structured to enable the composite panel to be welded at its peripheral edges. The container also includes a plurality of metal rails attached together and defining a rectangular parallelepiped frame having six sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli, Bruce Segee
  • Patent number: 8935888
    Abstract: An inflatable mold assembly for forming a hollow composite construction member that is suitable for use as a building material has a longitudinal axis. The mold assembly further has a flexible, substantially tubular bladder wall defining an elongated inflatable cavity. A reinforcing fabric is positioned concentrically around the flexible bladder wall. A flexible air-impervious outer layer is positioned concentrically around the fabric, with the bladder wall and the outer layer defining an elongated annular space, and with the fabric being positioned within the elongated annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Richard F. Nye
  • Patent number: 8865285
    Abstract: A panel having a central panel element formed of a composite material, having peripheral edges formed of a weldable material, such as steel. In one form, the panel element is rectangular, and the panel element on two of its opposite edges have a corrugated profile, while the other two of its opposite edges have a linear profile. Multiple panels may be joined together by welding at the peripheral edges, to form a secure container. The composite material of the panel element in some forms, includes intrusion sensors, for example including optical fiber pathways at electrically conductive pathways, as well as processors for effecting data transfer and analyzes and secure communications. In some embodiments, the electrically conductive pathways include one or more bypass resistors to produce a different circuit resistance upon interruption of one or more of the pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric D. Cassidy, Anthony M. Viselli
  • Patent number: 8850750
    Abstract: A rapidly-erectable lightweight load resisting system for the construction of buried arched bridges, tunnels or underground bunkers, has a plurality of lightweight arched tubular support members which are formed of a fiber reinforced polymer material and are substantially oriented in a vertical plane. The lightweight tubular support members are connected by at least one or more lateral force resisting members which are positioned in a direction perpendicular to the vertical plane of the tubular support members, and which are capable of transferring vertical loads to the tubular support members and of providing lateral-load capacity to the load resisting system. The tubular support members are fitted with one or more holes near the top which allows them to be filled with a suitable material to provide additional strength or stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Eric N. Landis, Imad W. El Chiti
  • Publication number: 20140069024
    Abstract: An inflatable mold assembly for forming a hollow composite construction member that is suitable for use as a building material has a longitudinal axis. The mold assembly further has a flexible, substantially tubular bladder wall defining an elongated inflatable cavity. A reinforcing fabric is positioned concentrically around the flexible bladder wall. A flexible air-impervious outer layer is positioned concentrically around the fabric, with the bladder wall and the outer layer defining an elongated annular space, and with the fabric being positioned within the elongated annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Habib J. Dagher, Richard F. Nye