Patents by Inventor Tania Lake

Tania Lake has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Deployment apparatus for submerged power plant
    Patent number: 7859128
    Abstract: Power generating equipment comprising a buoyant power generating apparatus and a support structure for the power generating apparatus, which support structure, in use, is disposed on the bed of a body of water, the power generating apparatus comprising a motor-driven winching device having a tether which is connectable at its free end to the support structure whereby retraction of the tether causes the power generating apparatus to be drawn downwardly through the body of water into engagement with the support structure, the power generating apparatus and the support structure being provided with means for aligning and latching the power generating apparatus with respect to the support structure upon engagement with the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Tidal Generation Limited
    Inventors: George Gibberd, Christopher Huxley-Reynard, Tania Lake
  • DEPLOYMENT APPARATUS FOR SUBMERGED POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20090045631
    Abstract: Power generating equipment comprising a buoyant power generating apparatus and a support structure for the power generating apparatus, which support structure, in use, is disposed on the bed of a body of water, the power generating apparatus comprising a motor-driven winching device having a tether which is connectable at its free end to the support structure whereby retraction of the tether causes the power generating apparatus to be drawn downwardly through the body of water into engagement with the support structure, the power generating apparatus and the support structure being provided with means for aligning and latching the power generating apparatus with respect to the support structure upon engagement with the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: TIDAL GENERATION LIMITED
    Inventors: George Gibberd, Christopher Huxley-Reynard, Tania Lake