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Granted Patent B2
US 9,889,908 · App. 14/780,905 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Skidding system for an offshore installation or vessel

Inventors: Jacob Pieter Dekker (Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, NL); Everardus Johannes Adrianus Van Leeuwen (Capelle aan den IJssel, NL); Marius Peerdeman (Gorinchem, NL)
Assignee: IHC HOLLAND IE B.V.
B63B25/28B63B27/02B63B27/30B63B35/003B63B27/10F03D13/40Y02E10/727
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Patent No.
US 9,889,908
App. No.
14/780,905
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a skidding system for an offshore installation or vessel, such as an offshore wind turbine installation ship, comprising at least one set of rails, and one or more carriages for supporting loads and moving the loads along the rails, e.g. from a storage position to an operating position and/or vice versa. At least one of the carriages is adaptable to different loads.

Claims (12)

1. A skidding system for an offshore installation or vessel, comprising at least one set of rails, and one or more carriages, each carriage configured to support a load and move the load along the rails, wherein:

at least one of the carriages is configurable to different loads,

the at least one carriage comprises a plurality of supports supporting the load, and

at least two of the supports are movable relative to each other.

2. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the supports are interconnected, directly or indirectly, via at least one telescopic beam.

3. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein the carriage comprises a frame and at least one of the supports is releasably attached to the frame.

4. The skidding system according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the supports is bolted to the frame.

5. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein the supports are arranged in a triangle or square.

6. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one carriage comprises one or more fasteners configured to secure an associated load to the at least one carriage.

7. The skidding system according to claim 6 , the one or more fasteners being mounted on or integrated in a support or supports.

8. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one carriage comprises one or more fasteners configured to secure the at least one carriage or an associated load to the rails or to a deck of an offshore installation or vessel.

9. The skidding system according to claim 1 , wherein the skidding system is fixed to a deck of an offshore installation or vessel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: DEKKER, JACOB PIETER; VAN LEEUWEN, EVERARDUS JOHANNES ADRIANUS; PEERDEMAN, MARIUS
To: IHC HOLLAND IE B.V.
Reel/Frame 037004/0963 →
Priority Claims (1)
NL 2010545 · Mar 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160052606A1 · Feb 25, 2016