Patents Assigned to Zachry Construction Corporation
  • Patent number: 9476409
    Abstract: An offshore wind turbine apparatus may include a platform and an equalizer with sealed internal volumes, a turbine mast connected to the platform, a turbine which is connected to the turbine mast, and turbine blades connected to the turbine. The apparatus may be rotatably mounted on a barge via a trunnion. The apparatus may rotate from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially upright position when sufficient ballast material is inserted into the equalizer. The equalizer may rest on a sea floor. The platform may provide a restorative buoyant force that tends to cause the apparatus to return to the upright position when perturbed from the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Zachry Construction Corporation
    Inventor: Jean J. Abiassi
  • Publication number: 20140103664
    Abstract: An offshore wind turbine apparatus may include a platform and an equalizer with sealed internal volumes, a turbine mast connected to the platform, a turbine which is connected to the turbine mast, and turbine blades connected to the turbine. The apparatus may be rotatably mounted on a barge via a trunnion. The apparatus may rotate from a substantially horizontal position to a substantially upright position when sufficient ballast material is inserted into the equalizer. The equalizer may rest on a sea floor. The platform may provide a restorative buoyant force that tends to cause the apparatus to return to the upright position when perturbed from the upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
    Inventor: ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 7336181
    Abstract: An integrated system for tracking assets (tools and materials) and personnel associated with a work site. Personnel are equipped with tracking devices having at least geolocation capability. Assets are tagged with RFID tags, which are interrogated at portals, by mobile scanners, or by personnel tracking devices having RFID reading capability. The tag readers and tracking devices are all in communication with a common “information backbone” and all data is delivered to, and processed by, a common command and control subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Zachry Construction Corporation
    Inventors: Brent M. Nowak, Michael F. Milam, Myron L. Moodie, Kenneth A. Oleson, Michael J. Lake, Sandra G. Dykes, Larry D. Canady, Charles A. Poer, John E. Fike, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7123149
    Abstract: An integrated system for tracking assets (tools and materials) and personnel associated with a work site. Personnel are equipped with tracking devices having at least geolocation capability. Assets are tagged with RFID tags, which are interrogated at portals, by mobile scanners, or by personnel tracking devices having RFID reading capability. The tag readers and tracking devices are all in communication with a common “information backbone” and all data is delivered to, and processed by, a common command and control subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Zachry Construction Corporation
    Inventors: Brent M. Nowak, Michael F. Milam, Myron L. Moodie, Kenneth A. Oleson, Michael J. Lake, Sandra G. Dykes, Larry D. Canady, Charles A. Poer, John E. Fike, Jr.