ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,560, issued on March 24, was assigned to MIGHTY WAVES ENERGY LLC (Gaithersburg, Md.).
"Floating power generation platform" was invented by Doug Wolfe (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Mark Hessels (Gaithersburg, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating power generation platform includes a water plane platform having a plurality of buoyant columns, and at least one tower extending above the water plane platform. The tower is configured to support at least one first power generation system and has a center core configured for stowing a deployable member. The floating power generation platform includes a deployable spar movable between a st...