ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,536, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Subsea 7 Norway AS (Stavanger, Norway).
"Generation of electrical power offshore" was invented by Paul Douglas Chang (Stavanger, Norway) and Ernst Kristen Helgoy Kloster (Stavanger, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating power-generation group comprises a floating hub such as a spar buoy that is anchored to subsea foundations by anchor lines. Floating power producer units such as wind turbines are connected electrically and mechanically to the hub. The power producer units are each moored by mooring lines. At least one mooring line extends inwardly toward the hub to effect mechanical ...