US Patent Issued to Tows on March 17 for "High capacity, shallow draft, ocean-borne wind turbine" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,941, issued on March 17, 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...