Patent ID: 7877933
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: B63B,E02B,E02D,E04H,F03D,F05B,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. The combination of a foundation and an offshore structure mountable in the foundation, wherein the offshore structure comprises an end part having a leading end portion of substantially conical shape and controllable alignment means, the foundation comprising a socket comprising a base surface of substantially conical shape sized substantially to conform with the substantially conical leading end portion, an intermediate supporting part and an upper body having an internal guiding surface that is frusto-conical, wherein the socket operatively receives the end part such that the conical base surface and the conical leading end portion are in juxtaposition and the internal guiding surface operatively provides a reaction surface against which the controllable alignment means operatively act for adjustment of the offshore structure into a desired alignment when the end part has been accommodated in the socket, the alignment means detachable from the end part after the end part is inserted in the foundation, and wherein the inner surface of the intermediate supporting part and the outer surface of the end part adjacent the substantially conical leading end portion of the structure are cylindrical.