Skidding system for an offshore installation or vessel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9889908-B2
Application number	US-201414780905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Ihc Holland Ie Bv

Inventors

• Dekker Jacob Pieter
• Van Leeuwen Everardus Johannes Adrianus
• Peerdeman Marius

Classifications

• B63B27/19

  Other loading or unloading equipment involving an intermittent action, not provided in groups B63B27/04 - B63B27/18 · CPC title

• B63B27/10

  of cranes · CPC title

• F03D13/40

  Arrangements or methods specially adapted for transporting wind motor components · CPC title

• Y02E10/727

  Offshore wind turbines · CPC title

• B63B27/30 Primary

  {Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment} for transfer at sea between ships or between ships and off-shore structures · CPC title