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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4134710 | Simultaneous plural-directional flow motor A motor having an upright shaft with vanes driven by different, simultaneous, multidirectional, generally horizontal currents, for ocean offshore or beach installation, the vertical height, measured by the operative vertical span of the vanes, being signi... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4132901 | Electric power generating system This relates to an electric power generating system particularly adapted for use in locals where there is an absence of a water supply with sufficient elevation to supply the required power for an electrical energy generating system, or the water supply i... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4122676 | Apparatus for extracting energy from wave motion An apparatus is provided for extracting energy from the motion of water waves during both the ebb and flow of such waves. The apparatus includes a screw propeller which is disposed to contact the waves and to be driven thereby in opposite directions depen... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4123667 | Wave energy generator-breakwater-barge-dock A wave energy generator produces electric power from wave motion by means of a distortable underwater section thereof which has a plurality of flexible compartments containing liquid and gas and equipped with flexible internal one-way flow walls separatin... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4123185 | Floating breakwater and energy collecting system A combination floating breakwater and wave energy collecting system in which a pair of joint floating spread wings are provided between which a vessel can be moored. The spread angle of the wings is adjustable and the wings can be jointly swung about thei... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4111610 | Wave-powered, pivoted float pumping system with increasing opposition to extreme movement of lever arm A wave powered pumping system of a type adapted for installation in a body of water subject to surface wave motion. A support structure is adapted to be mounted within the body of water, and a float is connected to a reciprocal structure which is movably ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4110630 | Wave powered electric generator A wave powered electric generator using direct energy conversion is described which includes, within a water and airtight, buoyant envelope tethered to a fixed point relative to the sea bottom, one or more stators and one or more elements moveable by the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4078871 | Sea wave energy conversion A fixed structure encloses a vertically spaced plurality of superimposed channels that are open at one end of the sea to receive deep sea waves approaching a shoreline. Each of the channels has an entrance ramp that slopes upwardly shorewardly to induce b... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4078388 | Transportable hydromotive assembly A submersible hydromotive assembly is provided for an energy storing dam and includes chambers defined in its structural body which can be filled with water to sink the assembly or with gas to float it. Additionally, the hydromotive assembly has a machine... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4078382 | Method and apparatus for deriving useful energy from sea waves A sea wave powered electrical generating apparatus includes converging dams 9 to funnel and amplify wave energy, a pressure chamber 8 having an entrance/exit gate 11 and a turbine rotor disposed on a vertical axis above the pressure chamber. The arcuate z... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4073146 | Submersible diffuser Submersible diffuser for a hydroelectric power plant includes chambers defined in its lateral wall and which can be filled with water to sink the diffuser or with gas to float it; additionally, the diffuser has lateral rollers. The hydroelectric power pla... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4071114 | Motion operated power apparatus A shaft-driven power device, such as an electric generator or pump, is mounted on a base which is subjected to fluctuating movements, such as those of waves in a body of water or those of an automotive vehicle. An input shaft at the upper end of the power... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4057270 | Fluid turbine A turbine for generating electric power when exposed to a fluid source, such as a liquid or gaseous current. The turbine has two substantially annular rotor housings spaced in parallel, horizontal planes. Each housing is provided with a plurality of radia... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4048512 | System for generating power from wave motions of the sea A power generating system for the generation of energy from the wave motions of the sea is buoyantly supported by the sea. The system comprises spine elements defining a spine on which ducks are rockably mounted, the system further including tension cable... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4039847 | Tidewater power plant A device and method of converting tidal currents into power. The device comprises a plurality of modules and is mounted in tidal water so that one face is presented inland and the opposite face is presented seaward. Each module comprises a turbine mounted... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4036563 | Wave motor comprised of a submerged floating network of chambers formed by walls permitting variable geometry A wave energy transformer for transformation of wave energy into pressure energy of water in a pipe system. The transformer consists of a submerged space network of chambers at least partially closed by walls pivoted to adjacent walls. The walls are defor... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4034231 | Ocean tide and wave energy converter A machine for harnessing the motion of ocean waves in order to convert the motion energy into useful electrical power; the machine consisting of a large V-shaped frame, submerged near a beach, having its apex pointed away from the beach, and the frame sup... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4026587 | Underwater turbine operated by ocean currents An underwater turbine operated by prevailing ocean currents in which the generator casing has a large enough interior to house the generator and still provide space for an operator to enter the casing interior to inspect the generator and the electrical c... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4023041 | Apparatus for generating electricity and power from natural water flow An apparatus for generating electricity and power from the natural movement of a body of water including wave action, tide and current having a plurality of floating barges having paddle means driven by the wave, current or tide action and mounted for fre... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4013379 | Wave-powered pneumatic system for power generation A wave-powered pneumatic system for producing compressed air to be used for energy storage or power generation, comprising an elongated seawall extending parallel to the shore and at a distance out from the shore, upon which an air-accumulating structure ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4009396 | Wave operated power plant A wave operated power plant is provided wherein a buoyant vessel is anchored on the ocean surface with the wave motion causing displacement of water carried in a chamber in the hull such that upon rocking motion the water is forced upwardly through pipes ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4009395 | Wave and tide actuated hydraulic electrical generating apparatus A wave and tide actuated hydraulic electrical generating apparatus including a flotation chamber floatingly supported in a water containing basin area connected to a fluctuating water source, such as the tide and wave level of an ocean, the flotation cham... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4002416 | Motor powered by wave action A motor, preferably in the form of a pump, is primarily designed to be activated by the oscillating motion of waves and has a paddle disposed to oscillate about a stationary horizontal axis located in the plane of the paddle. The paddle is placed in the s... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4001597 | Electric power generating system A plurality of base members are seated on an ocean bed adjacent the shore and they support at their shore ends normally expanded compression cylinders provided with fluid inlets and outlets controlled by check valves. The outlets are connected by conduits... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4001596 | Wave and current operated power generating device A pair of hull portions connected in spaced parallel relation support a water wheel and form a passageway therebetween for driving engagement of flowing water against the vanes of the water wheel. The water wheel is made up of a pair of wheel portions hav... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3994134 | Apparatus for power generation in deep seawater The apparatus is operating in deep seawater, creating there a space of normal pressure and utilizing the arising pressure difference. The device consists of a telescope-like moving pumping equipment, furthermore an angularly built border frame, a prime mo... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3993913 | Tidewater power system A system for extracting power from the tides includes a dam constructed in a body of water subject to tidal flow for separating the body of water from a tidal basin between the dam and the shoreline. A plurality of water wheel assemblies are mounted on th... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3989951 | Wave energy power generating breakwater A breakwater apparatus for generating electrical power by extracting energy from sea waves. A novel array of subsurface fixed-position flexible-walled pneumatic bags or cells, in a closed cycle system, react to surface-wave-correlated static pressure vari... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3988592 | Electrical generating system An electrical generating system in which a hermetically sealed flotation sphere, preferably constructed of plastic, is anchored to a sea bed. The sphere carries a circumferential fender on the outside thereof in which is located a plurality of screws open... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983404 | Surf-turbine generating system An electrical generator is powered by the kinetic energy in ocean waves breaking at the shore. Waves are directed up an inclined surface through which an intake port is defined at a level substantially below the average wave height and extending across th... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3965365 | Power generating machine actuated by ocean swells A power generating machine which is actuated by the continuous swells occurring in the ocean. The machine is supported on a pair of spaced main floats, between which is a power float connected to a linkage which allows the power float to reciprocate verti... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964264 | Wave-action undersea-drilling rig In a preferred embodiment, a clamping structure is mounted around a drilling-bit tube and is structured for permitting the clamping structure to rotate in counter-clockwise direction slidably around the drilling-bit tube and to permit the clamping structu... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3965364 | Wave generator A device for utilizing energy stored in wave motion. A buoyant body on the water surface is anchored so as to permit free, unrestricted vertical movement when acted upon by a heaving wave. An energy collecting member connected to the buoyant body and incl... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3961863 | Water action powered pump Method and apparatus wherein complex multiplanar surface motion of the sea or other fluid body is converted into usable energy. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a pair of flexible tubular pumping elements that pump a fluid, such as sea water, to ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3959663 | Tide-powered electrical generator A tide-powered electrical generator wherein the energy from successive rising tides is stored in the form of potential energy for selective conversion to electricity. A float is constrained to vertical motion and it raises on successive tides a weight by ... | 05/25/1976 |
