Patents by Inventor Robert Ludwigsson

Robert Ludwigsson 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: 12292030
    Abstract: A moored floating offshore wind semi-submersible platform with at least three columns characterized in that columns are supported on a T-shaped underwater hull made up of two elongated pontoons, where one pontoon is perpendicular to the other pontoon and a method that allow that the semi-submersible platform is constructed in hull-assemblies and blocks at a first location, transported efficiently to a second location close to the final offshore location where the hull-assemblies and blocks may be assembled quay-side while floating in the water. The platform will support at least one wind turbine on a supporting structure (tower) but may also support two turbines and in the latter case the platform will be moored offshore with a mooring turret to allow the platform to align in a favourable direction to the wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: BASSOE TECHNOLOGY AB
    Inventors: Robert Ludwigsson, Markus Norberg, Yungang Liu
  • Publication number: 20250084830
    Abstract: A hull structure for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform and a method for loading a set of such hull structures onto a semi-submersible cargo carrying marine vessel. The hull structure includes first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns extending in a substantially vertical direction; and first and second elongated submersible buoyant pontoon structures extending in a substantially horizontal direction. The hull structure generally has a V-shape in the horizontal plane with the first and second pontoon structures forming legs in the V-shape and with the second column located where the legs meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventor: Robert Ludwigsson
  • Publication number: 20250065993
    Abstract: A hull structure for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform, a method for loading a set of hull structures onto a semi-submersible cargo carrying marine vessel, and a marine vessel carrying a set of hull structures. The hull structure includes: first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns extending in a substantially vertical direction; first, second and third elongated submersible pontoon structures extending in a substantially horizontal direction. The hull structure has a general shape of a triangle in the horizontal plane with the first, second and third pontoon structures forming sides of the triangle. The pontoon structures extend between and connects to the columns at lower parts thereof, and the third pontoon structure is arranged so that an upper side of the third pontoon structure is located at a lower level in the horizontal direction than an upper side of each of the first and second pontoon structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Fredrik Arvidsson, Yungang Liu, Joakim Nilsson, Robert Ludwigsson, Jimmy Bondeson
  • Publication number: 20250065994
    Abstract: A hull structure for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform, a method for loading a set of hull structures onto a semi-submersible cargo carrying marine vessel, and a marine vessel carrying a set of hull structures. The hull structure includes: first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns extending in a substantially vertical direction; and first, second and third elongated submersible pontoon structures extending in a substantially horizontal direction. The hull structure has a general shape of a triangle in the horizontal plane with the first, second and third pontoon structures forming sides of the triangle. The pontoon structures extend between and connects to the columns at lower parts thereof and the third pontoon structure is arranged so that an upper side of the third pontoon structure is located at a lower level in the horizontal direction than an upper side of each of the first and second pontoon structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Fredrik Arvidsson, Yungang Liu, Joakim Nilsson, Robert Ludwigsson, Jimmy Bondeson
  • Publication number: 20250058857
    Abstract: A hull structure for a semi-submersible wind power turbine platform. The hull structure includes first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns extending in a substantially vertical direction; and first and second elongated submersible buoyant pontoon structures extending in a substantially horizontal direction. The the hull structure generally has a V-shape in the horizontal plane with the first and second pontoon structures forming legs in the V-shape and with the second column located where the legs meet. The second column has a cross sectional area at its intended operational waterline that is larger than the cross sectional area of each of the first and third columns at their corresponding intended operational waterlines so that the second column exhibits an operational waterplane area that is larger than the operational waterplane area of each of the first and third columns when the hull structure is set in the operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Ludwigsson, Yungang Liu, Joakim Nilsson, Jimmy Bondeson, Fredrik Arvidsson
  • Publication number: 20230160368
    Abstract: A moored floating offshore wind semi-submersible platform with at least three columns characterized in that columns are supported on a T-shaped underwater hull made up of two elongated pontoons, where one pontoon is perpendicular to the other pontoon and a method that allow that the semi-submersible platform is constructed in hull-assemblies and blocks at a first location, transported efficiently to a second location close to the final offshore location where the hull-assemblies and blocks may be assembled quay-side while floating in the water. The platform will support at least one wind turbine on a supporting structure (tower) but may also support two turbines and in the latter case the platform will be moored offshore with a mooring turret to allow the platform to align in a favourable direction to the wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Ludwigsson, Markus Norberg, Yungang Liu