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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Applicant:
Eystein Borgen, Hundvåg, NO;
Inventor:
Eystein Borgen, Hundvåg, NO;
Assignee:
Sway AS, Ostervag, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/04 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An arrangement for a floating wind power station () tower () which floats in a substantially vertical position in that the effective centre of gravity of the tower () is below the centre of buoyancy of the tower (), and wherein a machine house () including rotor () is non-rotatably connected to the tower () and the tower () is articulatedly connected to the seabed (), wherein the tower () is rotatable about a tower axis of rotation () in that lower part () of the tower () is provided with a swivel joint (or) that is designed to essentially absorb vertical tensile forces.