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US 2015/0214815 A1Published application
Energy-accumulation apparatus
AssigneeHydrostor Inc.
InventorsCurtis VanWalleghem, Cameron Lewis
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Abstract
An energy-accumulation apparatus includes a variable-buoyancy assembly configured to be selectively buoyant in a body of water. The energy-accumulation apparatus also includes a delivery assembly coupled to the variable-buoyancy assembly. The delivery assembly is configured to deliver the variable-buoyancy assembly within the body of water between a first position to a second position.
Claims29
An energy-accumulation apparatus, comprising:
- a variable-buoyancy assembly being configured to be selectively buoyant in a body of water;
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- a delivery assembly being coupled to the variable-buoyancy assembly, and the delivery assembly being configured to deliver the variable-buoyancy assembly within the body of water between a first position to a second position.
A method of servicing an energy-accumulation apparatus, the method comprising:
- delivering a variable-buoyancy assembly being configured to be selectively buoyant within a body of water between a first position to a second position in such a way that, in the first position, the variable-buoyancy assembly is serviceable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.