Patent ID: 8911207

Claim:
A deployment device for a hydrokinetic energy converter comprising: a floatable platform including a central aperture sized to allow a hydrokinetic turbine to be lowered therethrough into water; and a pair of deployment swing members rotatably attached to the platform and located adjacent to the central aperture, wherein each deployment swing member comprises a support for connection to an end of a hydrokinetic turbine, such that the turbine is supported between the deployment swing members, wherein each deployment swing member is rotatably supported for rotating the swing members from a first position in which the swing member and any attached turbine are raised at least partially out of the water, through the central aperture, and to a second position in which the swing member and any attached turbine are lowered beneath the platform at least partially in the water, and wherein each deployment swing member comprises two arms, and wherein the support for connection to the hydrokinetic turbine is connected between the two arms.