Patent ID: 8353733

Claim:
Electric current-generating and/or electric power-plant device ( 50 ) in a sailing structure comprising at least one power plant ( 12 ) and at least one battery pool ( 14 , 16 ), whereby said power plant ( 12 ) comprises at least one heat engine ( 18 ), one reducer/inverter assembly ( 20 ), and particularly a shaft line ( 22 ) equipped with at least one propeller ( 24 ) at its end, with the current-generating device ( 50 ) being inserted between the flange ( 66 ) of the engine cover ( 68 ) of said engine ( 18 ), and the flange ( 70 ) of the reducer/inverter assembly ( 20 ), whereby said device ( 50 ) is characterized in that it takes the form of a closed module ( 64 ) that can be inserted directly between the flange ( 66 ) of the engine cover ( 68 ) and the flange ( 70 ) of the reducer/inverter assembly ( 20 ) without disassembly, total or partial, of its components.