US 12,266,912 B2
Inter-array cable for floating platforms
Cyril Gilles Emile Godreau, Lisbon (PT); Aurélien Lorenzo Edy, Ventabren (FR); and Moustafa Wagdy Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
Assigned to Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed by Principle Power, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/409,384.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,486, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060009 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 9/12 (2006.01); B63B 22/04 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 9/12 (2013.01) [B63B 22/04 (2013.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 2035/446 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable assembly, comprising:
a cable having a plurality of cable sections, a first cable end, and a second cable end;
a first buoyant section joined to the cable at a first cable section;
a second buoyant section joined to the cable at a second cable section, and a third cable section extending between the first buoyant section and the second buoyant section; and
a terminal buoyant module connected to the first cable end, and a fourth cable section extending between the terminal buoyant module and the first buoyant section, wherein:
the first buoyant section and the second buoyant section are configured to provide buoyancy to the cable such that, when the cable is connected to a first floating platform and a second floating platform, the first buoyant section and the second buoyant section float submerged below a sea surface such that the first cable section and the second cable section are convex toward the sea surface and the cable does not contact the seabed; and
the terminal module is configured to provide buoyancy such that, when the first end of the cable is not connected to the first floating platform, the terminal module floats at the surface and the first and second buoyant sections are submerged and the cable does not contact the seabed.