Patents by Inventor Cecile Melis

Cecile Melis 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: 20220081072
    Abstract: Floating support for a wind turbine including a central support member, and at least three buoyancy assemblies, each connected to the central support member via a radial connector beam and mutually interconnected via a transverse connector beam, wherein each buoyancy assembly includes a connector body having two radial sides, an outward and an inward transverse side, wherein two transverse connector beams and a radial connector beam extend away from the inward transverse side of the connector body, an anchor is provided at or near the outward transverse side of the connector body and the radial sides of the connector body are each connected to a respective buoyancy element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume BONNAFFOUX, Morgan DUCARIN, Benjamin BODOT, Alexis MOINARD, Nicolas FOURDILIS, Christian Raymond BAUDUIN, Cécile MELIS, Antoine LE COTTY
  • Patent number: 10661862
    Abstract: Disclosed is a floating wind turbine assembly, including a floating platform and a wind turbine arranged on top of the floating platform, the wind turbine having a mast with a mast axis, of which a lower end is connected to the floating platform, and a nacelle arranged on top of the mast, wherein the floating platform is connected to a seafloor with a plurality of tensioned mooring lines, wherein the mooring lines each include a mooring line axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the mooring line, wherein the mooring line axes intersect each other at a crossing position on the mast axis and at an elevation level at or above the nacelle, as well as a method for mooring such a floating wind turbine assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
    Inventors: Cecile Melis, Christian Raymond Bauduin, Francois Caille
  • Publication number: 20180170490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a floating wind turbine assembly, including a floating platform and a wind turbine arranged on top of the floating platform, the wind turbine having a mast with a mast axis, of which a lower end is connected to the floating platform, and a nacelle arranged on top of the mast, wherein the floating platform is connected to a seafloor with a plurality of tensioned mooring lines, wherein the mooring lines each include a mooring line axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the mooring line, wherein the mooring line axes intersect each other at a crossing position on the mast axis and at an elevation level at or above the nacelle, as well as a method for mooring such a floating wind turbine assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Cecile MELIS, Christian Raymond BAUDUIN, Francois CAILLE
  • Patent number: 8397655
    Abstract: A vessel includes a hull, a shaft extending from an upper part of the hull to a bottom of the hull, a turret being rotatably supported in the shaft via a turret bearing, a manifold support structure carrying one or more conduits being rotatably supported on the turret via a manifold bearing. The turret includes a cavity for receiving a mooring buoy carrying one or more risers and one or more vertically displaceable actuation members near the manifold bearing for vertically displacing the manifold support structure relative to the turret between a rotational position in which the manifold support structure can rotate relative to the turret via the manifold bearing and a locked position in which the bearing support structure is rotationally locked relative to the turret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Single Buoy Moorings Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Braud, Jean Pierre Benoit, Cecile Melis, Christian Bauduin
  • Publication number: 20110092115
    Abstract: Vessel comprising a hull having near a bottom a cavity for receiving a mooring buoy, a lifting device being placed on the hull comprising a cable that extends through the cavity to a weight that is situated below the bottom of the vessel, the mooring buoy being attached to the cable, the mooring buoy carrying mooring lines that are connected to a sea bed and being receivable in the cavity for coupling with the turret, the mooring buoy comprising a central shaft through which the cable passes, the buoy being movable relative to the cable in a length direction of the cable, wherein the weight is located on the cable at or below the buoy, a stopper being provided on the cable for engaging with the buoy and for blocking relative movement of the buoy and the cable, the stopper being fixed to the cable near an upper or a lower end of the buoy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
    Inventors: Jean Braud, Jean-Pierre Benoit, Cecile Melis, Christian Bauduin
  • Publication number: 20110061582
    Abstract: A vessel includes a hull, a shaft extending from an upper part of the hull to a bottom of the hull, a turret being rotatably supported in the shaft via a turret bearing, a manifold support structure carrying one or more conduits being rotatably supported on the turret via a manifold bearing. The turret includes a cavity for receiving a mooring buoy carrying one or more risers and one or more vertically displaceable actuation members near the manifold bearing for vertically displacing the manifold support structure relative to the turret between a rotational position in which the manifold support structure can rotate relative to the turret via the manifold bearing and a locked position in which the bearing support structure is rotationally locked relative to the turret.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
    Inventors: Jean Braud, Jean Pierre Benoit, Cecile Melis, Christian Bauduin