Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
PROGRESSIVE BOW TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/033288
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a watercraft including a platform for docking with a wind turbine. The platform includes a part of the platform which is curved, such that there is a gap between the part of the platform and a ladder of the wind turbine when the watercraft is docked with the wind turbine. The platform can also be damped by a buffer to reduce the impulse of a collision with the wind turbine, and can also include a fender at the periphery of the part of the platform. The watercraft can also include a bow/stern thruster to realign the watercraft with the wind turbine.

Inventors:
ALDISS WILLIAM JONATHAN (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2010/051521
Publication Date:
September 29, 2011
Filing Date:
September 13, 2010
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
ALDISS WILLIAM JONATHAN (GB)
International Classes:
B63B27/14
Domestic Patent References:
WO2005100145A12005-10-27
WO2006013342A12006-02-09
Foreign References:
US3645225A1972-02-29
EP1997958A22008-12-03
US4738215A1988-04-19
GB191418401A1915-08-09
JP2002362480A2002-12-18
US2842085A1958-07-08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MIDGLEY, Jonathan et al. (St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 3AW, GB)
Download PDF:
View/Download PDF      PDF Help



 
Previous Patent: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING A PHASE OF A WAVEFIELD

Next Patent: A BUILDING PANEL ASSEMBLY