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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2012
Applicant:

Paul Mcevoy, Dublin, IE;

Inventor:

Paul McEvoy, Dublin, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/00 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 2021/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A mooring component comprises a plurality of different deformable elements formed of an elastomeric material. The component has a tensile length L and at least one of the elements has a length L'<L. As the mooring component comprises a plurality of different elastomeric elements, each having its own unique elastic (i.e. reversible) stress-strain response, the overall response of the component is a composite elastic response resulting from a combination of the responses of each of the plurality of elastomeric elements. The mooring component can form part of a mooring system for floating devices and sea-based structures such as renewable energy devices, including wave energy conversion devices, tidal turbines and tidal platforms, fish farms, oil rigs and off-shore wind farms, especially in low scope or high variability environments.


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