IP Library Granted Patent US 9,533,738
Granted Patent B2
US 9,533,738 · App. 14/651,323 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Floating body structure

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Patent No.
US 9,533,738
App. No.
14/651,323
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The floating body structure is a floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, including a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe, and the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar.

Claims (55)

1. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising:

a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported,

wherein the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe, and

the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,

the inner pipe has a first joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for inner pipe each having a predetermined length along a longitudinal direction of the floating body section,

the outer pipe has a second joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for outer pipe each having a predetermined length along with the longitudinal direction, and

the first joint portion and the second joint portion are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction.

2. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the steel pipe for inner pipe and the steel pipe for outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

3. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising,

a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein

the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe,

the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,

each of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

4. A floating body structure that supports an object to be supported so that the object to be supported floats in the sea, comprising,

a floating body section connected to a base end portion of the object to be supported, wherein

the floating body section has a lid body made of steel, an outer pipe made of steel, and an inner pipe made of steel and provided inside the outer pipe,

the floating body section is hermetically sealed by the lid body in a state where at least a portion of a gap formed between an outer wall surface of the inner pipe and an inner wall surface of the outer pipe is filled with concrete or mortar,

the base end portion of the object to be supported penetrates toward the inside of the inner pipe from the outside in a radial direction of the inner pipe and the outer pipe, and

a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion penetrates.

5. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the inner pipe has a first joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for inner pipe each having a predetermined length along a longitudinal direction of the floating body section,

the outer pipe has a second joint portion that joins a plurality of steel pipes for outer pipe each having a predetermined length along the longitudinal direction, and

the first joint portion and the second joint portion are alternately disposed in the longitudinal direction.

6. The floating body structure according to claim 5 , wherein each of the steel pipe for inner pipe and the steel pipe for outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

7. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein each of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a spiral steel pipe obtained by press-forming a steel strip into a cylindrical shape by spirally bending the steel strip.

8. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

9. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

10. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and

a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

11. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and

the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

12. The floating body structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and

at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

13. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the inner pipe is an extended portion of the base end portion of the object to be supported.

14. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and

a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

15. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the base end portion of the object to be supported is inserted into the inner pipe, and

a hollow portion which is formed by an inner wall surface of the inner pipe is filled with concrete or mortar at a position where the base end portion is inserted.

16. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and

the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

17. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein

a plurality of the floating body sections are provided, and

the plurality of floating body sections are connected to each other by a floating body connecting section.

18. The floating body structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and

at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

19. The floating body structure according to claim 4 , wherein

the gap between the outer wall surface of the inner pipe and the inner wall surface of the outer pipe is 600 mm or more, and

at least a portion of an outer diameter of the outer pipe is 6500 mm or more.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2015
From: TOMINAGA, TOMONORI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035825/0024 →