Patents by Inventor Josean GALVÁN FERNÁNDEZ

Josean GALVÁN FERNÁNDEZ 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: 11052971
    Abstract: A semisubmersible floating platform (1) for supporting at least one wind turbine, comprising four buoyant columns (3), each of them being attached to a ring pontoon (2); a transition piece (4) configured to support one wind turbine, disposed on the buoyant columns (3); and a heave plate (5) assembled to the internal perimeter of the ring pontoon (2). The ring pontoon (2) comprises four pontoon portions forming a quadrilateral-shaped ring pontoon (2) wherein the first end of each column (3) is attached to a respective corner of said quadrilateral-shaped ring pontoon (2). The heave plate (5) is located in the internal perimeter of the ring pontoon (2), both defining a hollow. The pontoon (2) is preferably divided into a plurality of compartments or construction blocks that may be filled with fixed ballast, such as concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NAUTILUS FLOATING SOLUTIONS, SL
    Inventors: Goren Aguire Suso, Josean Galván Fernández, Germán Pérez Morán, Miren Josune Sánchez Lara, Jonathan Fernández Ibañez, Jorge Altuzarra Maestre
  • Publication number: 20200307745
    Abstract: A semisubmersible floating platform (1) for supporting at least one wind turbine, comprising four buoyant columns (3), each of them being attached to a ring pontoon (2); a transition piece (4) configured to support one wind turbine, disposed on the buoyant columns (3); and a heave plate (5) assembled to the internal perimeter of the ring pontoon (2). The ring pontoon (2) comprises four pontoon portions forming a quadrilateral-shaped ring pontoon (2) wherein the first end of each column (3) is attached to a respective corner of said quadrilateral-shaped ring pontoon (2). The heave plate (5) is located in the internal perimeter of the ring pontoon (2), both defining a hollow. The pontoon (2) is preferably divided into a plurality of compartments or construction blocks that may be filled with fixed ballast, such as concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Goren AGUIRE SUSO, Josean GALVÁN FERNÁNDEZ, Germán PÉREZ MORÁN, Miren Josune SÁNCHEZ LARA, Jonathan FERNÁNDEZ IBAÑEZ, Jorge ALTUZARRA MAESTRE