US Patent Issued to Tows on July 28 for "High capacity, shallow draft, ocean-borne wind turbine" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,839, issued on July 28, was assigned to Tows Inc..

"High capacity, shallow draft, ocean-borne wind turbine" was invented by Andrew T. Myers (Milton, Mass.) and Jeremy J. Papadopoulos (Chestnut Hill, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high capacity, shallow draft, ocean-borne wind turbine is described, featuring a floating structure with at least three floats and a turbine rotor coupled to a generator with a power capacity of at least 3 MW. The turbine includes multiple blades, each with a length, and an operational draft less than about one-sixth of the blade length. Variations include configurations with round surface piercing f...