Patent Document ID: 8981585
Application ID: 13856619
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for generating electricity from the flow of seawater through two ocean current energy converters interconnected as a pair, two of said pairs defining a first node, each said converter comprising: a rotor defined by blades extending from a rotatable shaft and a chamber that houses an electrical generator and transmission, said shaft connected to said electrical generator through said transmission; at least one pressure sensor and sensors for measuring said rotor's rotation rate, said sensors contained within said chamber; a flow meter for sensing the seawater flowrate, said flow meter attached to said node; a braking mechanism to add braking force to one said shaft responsive to said pressure sensor; said two converters being mated so that said rotors only rotate in opposite directions, wherein one said rotor rotates clockwise the other said rotor always rotates counter-clockwise; and wherein said node and each said converter are designed to be equal to average water density and therefore neutrally buoyant in water.