Patent SG-11201807039Y-A (SG)
Title: Super e-column on semi-submersible vessel
Inventor: MERCHANT AZIZ AMIRALI
IPC: B63B35/44
Filed: 2016-03-03
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/151053 Al 8 September 2017 (08.09.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: B63B 1/10 (2006.01) B63B 35/44 (2006.01) B63B 3/20 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/SG2016/050099 (22) International Filing Date: 3 March 2016 (03.03.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (71) Applicant: KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE TECH- NOLOGY CENTRE PTE LTD [SG/SG]; 50 Gul Road, Singapore 629351 (SG). (72) Inventors: MERCHANT, Aziz Amirali; c/o Keppel Off- shore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, 31 Shipyard Road, Singapore 628130 (SG). HUSSAIN, Anis Altaf; c/o Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, 31 Shipyard Road, Singapore 628130 (SG). CHOUDHARY, Ankit Kumar; c/o Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, 31 Shipyard Road, Singapore 628130 (SG). WANG, Wenping; c/o Keppel Offshore & Marine Tech- nology Centre Pte Ltd, 31 Shipyard Road, Singapore 628130 (SG). CHEN, Zhuo; c/o Keppel Offshore & Mar- ine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, 31 Shipyard Road, Singa- pore 628130 (SG). (74) Agent: ALLEN & GLEDHILL LLP; One Marina Boulevard #28-00, Singapore 018989 (SG). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: SUPER E-COLUMN ON SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL 200 (57) : This invention relates to a semi-sub- mersible vessel (200). The semi-submersible vessel (200) includes a deck (210), at least four columns (220) supporting the deck, a first pontoon (230), a second pontoon (230), a first brace (240) and a second brace (240). Each column (220) comprises an outer skin, an inner skin, and a number of rein- forcing plates spaced apart from each other and con- necting the inner skin to the outer skin, forming a double skin arrangement. The first pontoon (230) is connectable to a first pair of columns (220) and the second pontoon (230) is connectable to a second pair of columns (220). The first brace (240) is con- nectable to the first of each of the two pairs of columns (220) and the second brace (240) connects the second of each of the two pairs of columns (220). W O 20 17 / 15 105 3 Al 260 Figure 2 IIIIIIIIIIII10111011111111111010111110111011111111010111111011011111111111110111111