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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Tidal Generation Limited, Stafford, Staffordshire, GB;
Inventor:
Matthew Hawthorne, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
TIDAL GENERATION LIMITED, Staffordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 3/12 (2006.01); F03B 17/02 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01); B63B 22/06 (2006.01); F03B 15/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/128 (2013.01); B63B 22/06 (2013.01); F03B 13/26 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F03B 15/00 (2013.01); F03B 17/02 (2013.01); F03B 17/061 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4466 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01); F05B 2240/917 (2013.01); F05B 2240/97 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02P 70/527 (2015.11);
Abstract
Power generating equipment includes a support structure adapted to be disposed on the bed of a body of water having a surface above the bed; and a buoyant power generating apparatus having positive buoyancy releasably connectable to the support structure, the power generating apparatus being adapted to be released from the support structure and to make controlled free ascent to the surface of the water following such release.