Patent ID: 11867148
Assignee: TRENDSETTER VULCAN OFFSHORE, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  E | IPC B  E  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of constructing a self-erecting lift structure capable of assembling an off-shore wind turbine system, the method comprising:
providing a platform positioned above sea level and secured to a seafloor at a first off-shore location;
providing an installation base on the seafloor adjacent to the first off-shore location, wherein the installation base is configured to be releasably connected to a floating vessel of the off-shore wind turbine system; and
providing the self-erecting lift structure positioned on the platform, the self-erecting lift structure including:
an elevator tower, the elevator tower including a stack of tower modules, each of the tower modules including a guide portion, the guide portion of each of the tower modules being aligned with a guide portion of another tower module;
a traveling cradle beam coupled to at least one guide portion of the elevator tower; and
a crane supported by the traveling cradle beam.