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US 12,600,434 B2Granted
Mooring apparatus
OwnerJeremy J. Papadopoulos, Vincent Loccisanoinventors
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Abstract
A mooring line that provides substantially constant force, also referred to a mooring line that is always soft, allows the orbital motion of a moored turbine structure under varying wave conditions and is suitable for storm conditions when the turbine is not operating. A mooring line with substantially constant force does not create surge acceleration from heave acceleration and does not cause the turbine structure to be pulled through the water relative to orbital velocity.
Claims7
An apparatus for mooring a vessel comprising:
- a mooring line having a first end and a second end, said first end fixedly engaged with said vessel and said second end fixedly engaged with an anchor;
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- a float fixedly engaged with said mooring line;
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- a weight fixedly engaged with said mooring line;
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- a parallelogram linkage having four rigid members joined at four pivots;
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- a first pair of opposing pivots fixedly engaged with, an interrupted portion of said mooring line;
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- a second pair of opposing pivots fixedly engaged with, an interrupted portion of a line that extends between said float and said weight;
- wherein
- the apparatus provides substantially constant force between said anchor and said vessel.
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An apparatus for mooring a vessel comprising;
- a mooring line having a first end and a second end, said first end fixedly engaged with said vessel and said second end fixedly engaged with an anchor;
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- a stop fixedly engaged with an interrupted portion of said mooring line proximal to said mooring line first end;
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- a bracket fixedly engaged with said interrupted portion of said mooring line proximal to said mooring line second end;
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- said bracket having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end pivotally engaged with a first pulley;
- and said lower end pivotally engaged with a second pulley;
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- a float line extending from said stop, through said upper pulley to at least one float;
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- a weight line extending from said stop, through said lower pulley to at least one weight;
- wherein
- the apparatus provides substantially constant force between said anchor and said vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.