Patent ID: 8573890
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A marine power generator deployment and retrieval system, comprising, an offshore site structure; at least one pair of vertical guide rails; a vertical securing element; a vertical propulsion device; a seabed guide rail system; a seabed propulsion device; a seabed rail securing element; a plurality of parking spaces; a plurality of rail transfer elements; the seabed guide rail system further comprises at least one pair of horizontal guide rails and a pair of interconnecting seabed rails; the at least one pair of vertical guide rails being mounted to a lateral face of the offshore site structure and extending from a seabed of a body of water to above the waterline of the body of water; the seabed guide rail system being underwater and connected to the bottom of the lateral face shared by the at least one pair of vertical guide rails; the seabed guide rail system being perpendicularly attached to the at least one pair of vertical guide rails on the seabed of the body of water; the plurality of parking spaces laying on the seabed of the body of water and each being perpendicularly connected to the at least one pair of horizontal guide rails; the vertical propulsion device being engaged to the at least one pair of vertical guide rails and is able to move upwards and downwards along the at least one pair of vertical guide rails; the seabed propulsion device being engaged to the seabed guide rail system and allowed to travel along the at least one pair of horizontal guide rails and the pair of interconnecting seabed rails; and the plurality of rail transfer elements being positioned on both the vertical propulsion device and the seabed propulsion device.