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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043133 | Wave power A wave-powered water vehicle includes a surface float, a submerged swimmer, and a tether which connects the float and the swimmer, so that the swimmer moves up and down as a result of wave motion. The swimmer includes one or more fins which interact with the water a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7641524 | Wave power vehicle tethers A wave-powered water vehicle includes a surface float, a submerged swimmer, and a tether which connects the float and the swimmer, so that the swimmer moves up and down as a result of wave motion. The swimmer includes one or more fins which interact with the water a... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7371136 | Wave power A wave-powered water vehicle includes a surface float, a submerged swimmer, and a tether which connects the float and the swimmer, so that the swimmer moves up and down as a result of wave motion. The swimmer includes one or more fins which interact with the water a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355298 | Syphon wave generator Disclosed is a syphon wave generator for generating electric power from a wave-driven water body in a fast, easy, inexpensive and efficient manner such that the unit has few moving part, is very inexpensive to build and maintain and can withstand storms. The syphon ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7029340 | Regenerative surfing Regenerative surfing is utilizing a controllable regenerative braking system to regulate speed while surfing. A vertical sculling hydrofoil boat, utilizes the regenerative braking system and includes a vertical sculling drive system for both propulsion and regenerat... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003947 | Gyro wave activated power generator and a wave suppressor using the power generator A gyro wave-activated power generator utilizing wave energy which has, as a component, a control moment gyro, and which comprises a floating body (1), a control moment gyro (5) supported by the floating body, and a power generator (10) connected... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6856882 | Device for recognizing the risk of aquaplaning which can occur during the driving of a vehicle The device according to the invention relates to a device for detecting a risk of aquaplaning which arises during the driving mode of a vehicle. The device contains for this purpose first means which determine a first propulsion variable which describes the propulsi... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6814633 | Wave powered vessel A wave powered vessel includes a plurality of float members suspended by a suspending member on a hull body and movable upwardly and downwardly relative thereto with the rising and falling tides. A plurality of power units, such as gear trains or force pumps, are co... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6561856 | Power floating production and ship propulsion supported by gyroscope and energized by seas To access the inexhaustible energy source like seas and oceans we need to learn how to convert its wave motion to the customized power for our ships, for our existing littoral settlements and our future ocean settlements. Here is an attempt to develop met... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6431933 | Body board having flexible propulsion extensions A body board includes a pair of extensions along opposite sides adjacent the stern of the board. The extensions have a rearwardly-facing surface defining a volume for receiving water by which the body board may be propelled. The extensions are formed of a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6155892 | Helical turbine assembly operable under multidirectional gas and water flow for power and propulsion systems A helical turbine assembly capable of providing high speed unidirectional rotation under a multidirectional ultra low-head fluid flow is disclosed. The assembly comprises an array of helical turbine units or modules arranged, vertically or horizontally, t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6099368 | Rocking ship propulsion and the rocking propelled ship For any directed sea waves the rocking propelled ship can reach high speeds if it utilizes an sea waves energy by means of 1. A rocking propulsor, which is a couple of hydrofoils kept elastic cross by pivots on the extreme points of streamline narrow keel-rock... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5810630 | Attachment assembly for securing a hydrodynamic propulsion surface to a body board A body board having a body member and a pair of extensions removably coupled to the body member. The pair of extensions provide a rearward-facing surface that generally faces away from the stern of the body member so that the force of a fluid delivered ag... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5738555 | Attachment assembly for securing a hydrodynamic propulsion surface to a body board A body board having a body member and a pair of extensions removably coupled to the body member. The pair of extensions provide a rearward-facing surface that generally faces away from the stern of the body member so that the force of a fluid delivered ag... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5498184 | Body board having a hydrodynamic propulsion surface A body board having a body member and a pair of extensions removably coupled to the body member. The pair of extensions provide a rearward-facing surface that generally faces away from the stern of the body member so that the force of a fluid delivered ag... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5085603 | Marine drive with steering torque compensation A marine drive (20) has a trim tab (50) with a flair (56) on one side (58) thereof at an upper portion (52). When the drive is trimmed in, the flair is unshrouded by the anti-ventilation plate (34) and diverts mainstream water flow therearound, which prod... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4968273 | Water-borne vessel A propulsion system for a water-borne vessel. There is a generally inflexible fin member. A projection member is connected to the vessel. It has a resilient connecting member attached to the generally inflexible fin member. The projection member is connec... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4955832 | Vehicle propulsion system A propulsion unit comprises an elongated chamber having a front closed end and a rear open end with a side opening having a decreasing cross section inwardly of the chamber and directing incoming fluid tangentially of curved internal chamber walls for imp... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4842560 | Wave powered propulsion system for watercraft A watercraft is provided with a propulsion system having a hydraulic power plant driving a propeller through a transmission. The power to operate hydraulic pumps in the power plant is derived from wave motion by buoyant members connected to the power plan... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4684350 | Wave-propelled marine vessel A wave-propelled marine vessel is advanced by rising and falling water currents acting on pivotable fins located on submerged outer fin assemblies, and on other fins on a submerged central fin assembly. The outer fin assemblies are adjustably positioned t... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4598547 | Kinetic energy transducing system A device is constructed to convert wave energy to drive an output shaft in rotation. The output shaft can be connected to a nautical vehicle propulsion system or to a power generation system. A float rides upon the undulating surface of a body of water an... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4481002 | Boat powered by sea waves A boat having an external float pivotally fixed to the boat. Through linkage, the motion of the float relative to the boat resulting from wave motion drives a dual cylinder pump. The pump admits water from the body of water in which the boat is suspended ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4453894 | Installation for converting the energy of the oceans An installation for exploiting the energy of oceans, comprising at least one floating-member, or float, capable of moving along the surface of the sea under the action of waves, at least one reference-member deeply submerged, said reference-member being s... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4389843 | Water wave energy transducer A water wave energy transducer comprises a boat having pivoted arms projecting out over the water, a float being mounted on the outboard end of each arm so that the arms are oscillated by wave action on the floats. Drive sprockets fixed on the arms coaxia... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4371347 | Wave motor, especially for propulsion of boats A wave motor for propulsion of a floating device, especially a watercraft, comprises a downwards extending supporting structure connected to the craft. An essentially horizontally disposed, plate-like tilting element, at a forwrad portion thereof as viewe... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4337052 | Wave energy propelling marine ship A wave energy propelling marine ship comprises a cylindrical ship body having a hollow space therein for transporting fluid material therewithin, a ship body disposed in or on the sea; a propeller attached to the ship body for the purpose of propelling th... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4332571 | Wave motors There is disclosed an improvement in wave motors for propulsion of boats, of the type comprising a supporting structure connected to the boat and extending downwards into the water, and a tilting element connected to the supporting structure, the tilting ... | 06/01/1982 |
