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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Benjamin Balbir, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Richard J. Handwerg, Loxahatchee, FL (US);
Tejbir Arora, Bel Air, MD (US);
Richard P. Clark, Jupiter, FL (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A tidal turbine system includes yaw drive for rotating the turbine between a first position associated with tidal flow and a second position associated with tidal ebbs. The yaw drive is capable of moving the tidal turbine to a position where the tidal turbine is pointed substantially directly into the tidal flow in the first position and substantially into the tidal ebb in a second position. A method for harvesting tidal energy includes rotating the tidal turbine between one of the first position and the second position.