US Patent Issued to George J. Syrovy on Oct. 28 for "Floating wind turbine with passive pitch correction" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,942, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to George J. Syrovy (Centerville, Mass.).

"Floating wind turbine with passive pitch correction" was invented by George J. Syrovy (Centerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nacelle (27) of a horizontal axis wind turbine (WT) is mounted on a vertical support (VS) by means of a pivot (33). The vertical support is mounted off-center with respect to a floating, rotatable support (7). A weight (43) functionally attached to the nacelle maintains the axis of the turbine horizontal as the floating support pitches (rotates forward and back). The weight is attached to an elongate vertical element...