The present invention is concerned with a buoyant rotatable marine transducer and a load reduction device defined by the buoyant rotatable marine transducer, and in particular a load reduction device for use in securing an offshore structure such as a floating platform or the like, as are common in the areas of marine renewables, oil and gas applications, aquaculture, the buoyant rotatable marine transducer having a buoyant body adapted to assume a first orientation when at least partially submerged in a body of water and unloaded, in which a longitudinal axis of the body is disposed substantially vertically, and first and second mooring connection points provided on the body wherein at least the first mooring connection point is positioned such that a load applied via the first mooring connection point to the body acts off axis of the longitudinal axis.
A BUOYANT ROTATABLE MARINE TRANSDUCER
SCHWIMMENDER ROTIERBARER MEERESWANDLER
TRANSDUCTEUR MARIN ROTATIF FLOTTANT
2022-04-13
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
BUOYANT BODY AND MARINE BUOYANT FLOATING STRUCTURE USING SAME
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
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