Patents Assigned to Aquantis, L.L.C.
  • Patent number: 8237304
    Abstract: A method of controlling a tethered, underwater, water current-driven turbine, power-generating device. The device is comprised of dual turbines and dual rotor blades turned by fluid flow, each turbine including one or more generators driven by rotor blades. The device is connected by device tethers to a strut, which is moveable to control depth of the device. The strut is connected to the ocean floor by tripodal tethers: a main tether, a left side tether and a right side tether, which are strut control tethers. One or more winches are controlled to maintain operation of the device within set parameters by varying the tension on one or more of the strut control tethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Aquantis, L.L.C.
    Inventors: James G. P. Dehlsen, Matthew Brown, Christopher Grieco