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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Aquantis, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
James G. P. Dehlsen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aquantis, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 17/06 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01); B63B 9/06 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 17/061 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); B63B 2009/067 (2013.01); B63B 2021/505 (2013.01); F05B 2210/404 (2013.01); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2240/913 (2013.01); F05B 2240/916 (2013.01); F05B 2240/93 (2013.01); F05B 2260/02 (2013.01); F05B 2260/503 (2013.01); F05B 2260/507 (2013.01); F05B 2270/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention describes a floating yawing spar buoy current/tidal turbine. The spar includes a spreader above the rotor(s) with the spreader tips connected to fore and aft cable yokes that transition to opposing mooring lines connected to anchors on the seabed. The spreader comprises a yaw motor, which drives gears that engage with a ring gear fixed to the outer perimeter of the spar.