US Patent Issued to Shanghai Investigation Design & Research Institute on Oct. 21 for "Offshore floating platform device, construction method and operation method" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,092, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Shanghai Investigation Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Offshore floating platform device, construction method and operation method" was invented by Zhaohui Wang (Shanghai), Qing Gui (Shanghai) and Xiangwei Lu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offshore floating platform device, a construction method, and an operation method are provided. The device includes a pontoon carrier component. The pontoon carrier component includes a pontoon provided with a counterweight body at a bottom and a central cylinder at a top. The pontoon is provided with an anchor chain assembly on...