Floating body
US6672233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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13Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A30/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a floating body, especially a floating body used as a support for an underwater tunnel (11). In order to obtain a high degree of freedom and a large amount of stability while at the same time guaranteeing easy assembly, a frame structure (49) is provided in the form of a horizontal grating, wherein floats, ballast bodies, dam chambers or similar useful hollow bodies (50) are fixed in the rectangular, especially quadratic free areas of said grating as tanks.
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