Patents by Inventor Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Bernal

Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Bernal 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: 9605401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gravity-based foundation system for offshore wind turbine installation that comprises three floating concrete bases built with self-floating concrete caissons, equipped with valves for filling them with water and emptying the water out enabling their ballasting and anchoring at their final location; a metal structure which connects the floating concrete bases by means of a connecting element to the wind turbine tower, and a metal element which connects the floating concrete bases to the wind turbine, metal element on which a docking area is installed, a maintenance platform and access stairs, and it also relates to a method of installation of the gravity-based foundation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Tecnica y Proyectos, S.A.
    Inventors: Javier Ivars Salom, Rafael Molina Sanchez, Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Bernal, Miguel Angel Cabrerizo Morales
  • Publication number: 20150240442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gravity-based foundation system for offshore wind turbine installation which enables the transport, anchoring and subsequent refloating of the structure-wind turbine assembly once anchored, giving great versatility to the solution with regard to the uncertainties associated with the installation and terrain response in the short and long term, as well as the method for installing the preceding gravity-based foundation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Bernal, Rafael Molina Sanchez, Miguel Angel Cabrerizo Morales, Javier Ivars Salom