ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,179, issued on May 26, was assigned to ACERGY FRANCE SAS (Suresnes, France).
"Mooring renewable energy systems" was invented by Brice Helier Viellard (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) and Mathurin Michel Pierre Legrand (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mooring system for a floating electric power producing unit such as a wind turbine or a wave energy converter comprises a buoyant element held beneath the surface and a swivel supported by the buoyant element. The swivel comprises a static part that is held against angular movement about an upright axis and a rotating part that is movable angularly relative to the static part about t...