ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,912, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SUSTAINABLE MARINE ENERGY Ltd. (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
"Turret mooring system" was invented by Jason Hayman (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Christopher Burden (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Nicholas Cresswell (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a turret mooring system for a tidal turbine assembly 150, which increases the ratio of the torque exerted by the turret 100 relative to frictional forces between the turret 100 and the assembly 150 moored to the turret 100. In some examples, the frictional forces are reduced by the turret providing an upward forc...