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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Applicant:
Noria Energy, Sausalito, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alex Mayer, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Jason King, San Francisco, CA (US);
James Raiford, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ralf Schulze, San Francisco, CA (US);
Becca Suchower, Sausalito, CA (US);
Assignee:
NORIA ENERGY, Sausalito, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4453 (2013.01); H01R 13/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cable management system for one or more floating solar PV arrays including a cable tensioning system that adjusts the length of, or maintains the tension in, a power or communication cable that runs from shore to the floating solar array, or between floating solar arrays while permitting the floating solar array(s) to move on the water. The cable tensioning system optionally includes a winch, a counterweight, an elastic member and/or one or more floating towers.