Patents by Inventor Jijian Lian

Jijian Lian 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).

  • Patent number: 11891768
    Abstract: There provides an auxiliary structure for floating and sinking the whole offshore wind turbine with suction bucket foundation(s), which includes an upper bracket floated on water and a lower bracket sunk synchronously with a support structure. The upper bracket includes upper floating boxes; upper cross-connectors each of which is fixedly connected to the upper hoop and a corresponding upper floating box; and an upper hoop configured to sleeve on an outer side of the support structure. The upper bracket and the support structure are relatively moved in an up and down direction, and are connected in a manner of limiting position. The lower bracket includes lower floating boxes, a bottom of each of which is adjustable in height; lower cross-connectors each of which is fixedly connected to the lower hoop and a corresponding lower floating box; and a lower hoop that holds the support structure tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yaohua Guo, Ye Yao, Xu Yang, Le Wang, Haijun Wang, Jijian Lian
  • Publication number: 20240003110
    Abstract: There provides an auxiliary structure for floating and sinking the whole offshore wind turbine with suction bucket foundation(s), which includes an upper bracket floated on water and a lower bracket sunk synchronously with a support structure. The upper bracket includes upper floating boxes; upper cross-connectors each of which is fixedly connected to the upper hoop and a corresponding upper floating box: and an upper hoop configured to sleeve on an outer side of the support structure. The upper bracket and the support structure are relatively moved in an up and down direction, and are connected in a manner of limiting position, to enable the upper bracket to right the support structure when being sunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yaohua GUO, Ye YAO, Xu YANG, Le WANG, Haijun WANG, Jijian LIAN
  • Patent number: 10851513
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a combined offshore wind power foundation with duct piles and a bucket, which comprises duct piles and a bucket foundation; the bucket foundation includes a steel bucket skirt, a bucket top cover, main beams, ring beam and a transition section. A top of the steel bucket skirt and the bucket top cover are integrally formed into a semi-closed structure. The bucket top cover is provided thereon with main beams uniformly arranged in a circumferential direction. The ring beam are arranged at an edge of the bucket top cover. Each duct pile includes a duct, a steel pile, duct supports and high-strength mortar, each main beam is provided at its outer side end with one of corresponding. The duct support is connected with the main beam and the ring beam, and integrated with the bucket top cover, the main beams and the ring beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haijun Wang, Jijian Lian, Hao Zhao, Xiaofeng Dong
  • Patent number: 9297355
    Abstract: A method for transporting an offshore turbine, by which a frame construction is first mounted on the deck of a transportation and installation ship; a pre-made wind turbine foundation is then connected to the frame construction from beneath and temporarily fixed thereon by a steel wire tightened by a hoisting device provided on the ship; on the top of the pre-made turbine foundation a transition segment is connected; and finally, on the top of the transition segment, a wind turbine tower, a wind turbine head and blades are assembled in turn to form a finished wind turbine machine, which is now ready to be transported to an installation site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jijian Lian, Hongyan Ding, Puyang Zhang, Aidong Li
  • Publication number: 20150247485
    Abstract: A method for transporting an offshore turbine in a floating manner is disclosed in which a frame construction is mounted on a deck of a transportation and installation ship; a wind turbine foundation connected to a transition segment is prepared in advance; the transition segment is extended from the frame construction; the wind turbine foundation is temporarily secured with the frame construction; the wind turbine tower, wind turbine head and blades are hoisted in turn and then are assembled to form an entire wind turbine machine; and finally the entire wind turbine machine is conveyed to the installation place. The method for transporting an offshore turbine in a floating manner according to the invention may achieve transporting the entire wind turbine machine in a single step, facilitate easy operation and obtain high success rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Tianjin University
    Inventors: Jijian Lian, Hongyan Ding, Puyang Zhang, Aidong Li