Float assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11958569-B2
Application number	US-201917294520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2019
Priority date	Nov 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 16, 2024
Grant date	Apr 16, 2024

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a float assembly that can prevent the floats from flipping. The present invention provides a float assembly including a plurality of floats connected together comprising: a filled float having a hollow portion, wherein the hollow portion has a part filled with a filler, and the filled float is arranged at a position facing an assembly periphery surrounding the float assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A float assembly including a plurality of floats connected together comprising:
a loaded float with a load, and
an unloaded float without the load, wherein
a loaded float does not have a filled float,
an unloaded float has a filled float having a hollow portion,
the hollow portion has a part filled with a filler, and
the filled float is arranged at a position facing an assembly periphery surrounding the float assembly.

2. The float assembly of claim 1 , wherein the filler is a fluid.

3. The float assembly of claim 1 , wherein the filled float is inclined so that a sunk amount increases toward the assembly periphery.

4. The float assembly of claim 1 , wherein
in a state that the float assembly floats on a water surface, the filled float has an inclined surface becoming lower toward the assembly periphery, and
the inclined surface is a portion which is provided on a side surface of the filled float facing the assembly periphery and is above the water surface.

5. A float assembly including a plurality of floats connected together comprising:
a filled float having a hollow portion, wherein
the hollow portion has a part filled with a filler, and the filled float is arranged at a position facing an assembly periphery surrounding the float assembly, and
in a state that the float assembly floats on a water surface, a parting line of the filled float has a part located below the water surface.

6. The float assembly of claim 1 , wherein one end of a mooring member is not anchored to the filled float.

Assignees

• Kyoraku Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakaguchi Tsutomu
• Nagai Hirofumi
• Ueda Yasunobu
• Niimi Takaya
• Yukawa Ayumu

Classifications

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