Patent ID: 9168987
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A floating platform structure for use on a surface of water in an area of an ocean having a first current having a predetermined thickness in an ocean depth direction and flowing in a first direction and a second current located underneath the first current that has a predetermined thickness in the ocean depth direction and flows opposite to the direction of the first current, the floating platform structure comprising: a floating platform having a nonsubmerged part, which is located above the surface of water, and a submerged part located below the surface of water; a rigid three-dimensional frame attached to the floating platform and having a vertical length in the direction perpendicular to the surface of water sufficient to pass through the first current into the second current when immersed in the water; vertical guide means for guiding first floating bodies in the vertical direction, the vertical guide means being installed on the rigid three-dimensional frame; at least the first floating bodies which are installed on the rigid three-dimensional frame moveably in the vertical direction on the vertical guide means and within the second current when the floating platform structure is delivered to the area of the ocean having the first and the second current; and drive mechanisms installed on the floating structure and connected to the floating bodies for moving the floating bodies in the vertical direction of the rigid three-dimensional frame on the vertical guide means.