Patent ID: 7891953

Claim:
An error correction mechanism for adjustably mounting a turbine to an underwater mounting structure comprising: a multipart mounting assembly for supporting a turbine pylon thereon that permits individual parts of the multipart mounting assembly to be relatively moveable to one another to thereby create angular corrections to compensate for errors away from a desired angle relative to the mounting structure, the multi-part mounting assembly including upper and lower mounting plates, the upper mounting plate comprising a plate having an outer rim, a central portion, a planar bottom surface, a planar supporting surface defined between the outer rim and the central portion and positioned at an angle from one side of the upper mounting plate to an opposite side thereof, and a mounting mechanism for receiving the turbine pylon on the plantar supporting surface, the lower mounting plate comprising a plate member including a depending collar, the depending collar having an upper edge mated with a lower surface of the lower mounting plate and being formed with an angle from one side to an opposite side, the lower mounting plate being mounted to a support pile anchored to a bottom of an underwater location, the upper mounting plate being movable relative to the lower mounting plate to thereby render the planar supporting surface in a position to produce a mounting surface for the turbine that will establish a vertical yaw axis for the mounted turbine.