US 12,434,791 B2
Mooring buoy
Philip Peberdy, Lyngby (DK)
Assigned to Stillstrom A/S, Copenhagen (DK)
Appl. No. 17/779,506
Filed by Stillstrom A/S, Copenhagen (DK)
PCT Filed Nov. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DK2020/050321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/104588, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PA201901378 (DK), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002013 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 22/02 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); H01B 7/14 (2006.01); H02G 11/00 (2006.01); H02G 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 22/02 (2013.01) [B63B 21/20 (2013.01); H02G 11/003 (2013.01); H02G 15/04 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01); H01B 7/14 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mooring buoy for a vessel, the mooring buoy comprising:
a floating body arranged to project out of a surface of water;
at least one buoy anchoring line connected between the floating body and a sea floor;
at least one vessel mooring line connectable between the mooring buoy and the vessel; and
at least one moveable electric cable connected to a power supply, the at least one moveable electric cable having a free end connectable to a switchboard of the vessel when the vessel is tethered to the at least one vessel mooring line;
wherein the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is moveable between a retracted position and a connected position and a tension of the at least one vessel mooring line is greater than the tension in the at least one moveable electric cable when the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is in the connected position; and
wherein the mooring buoy includes a rotatable electrical connection coupled between the at least one moveable electric cable and an input subsea cable.