Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployment apparatus for submerged power plant
- Patent Title (中): 淹没发电厂配置装置
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Application No.: US12092045Application Date: 2006-10-13
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Publication No.: US07859128B2Publication Date: 2010-12-28
- Inventor: George Gibberd , Christopher Huxley-Reynard , Tania Lake
- Applicant: George Gibberd , Christopher Huxley-Reynard , Tania Lake
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: Tidal Generation Limited
- Current Assignee: Tidal Generation Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP Welsh Katz
- Priority: GB0522133.8 20051031
- International Application: PCT/GB2006/003823 WO 20061013
- International Announcement: WO2007/051968 WO 20070510
- Main IPC: H02P9/04
- IPC: H02P9/04 ; F03B13/00

Abstract:
Power generating equipment comprising a buoyant power generating apparatus and a support structure for the power generating apparatus, which support structure, in use, is disposed on the bed of a body of water, the power generating apparatus comprising a motor-driven winching device having a tether which is connectable at its free end to the support structure whereby retraction of the tether causes the power generating apparatus to be drawn downwardly through the body of water into engagement with the support structure, the power generating apparatus and the support structure being provided with means for aligning and latching the power generating apparatus with respect to the support structure upon engagement with the support structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090045631A1 DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS FOR SUBMERGED POWER PLANT Public/Granted day:2009-02-19
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