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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4266143 | Apparatus for producing electrical energy from ocean waves An energy conversion device is disclosed which utilizes the natural movements of ocean waves to produce electrical energy. The apparatus is contained in a tank which is adapted to float near the surface of the water and tilt from side to side about a pivo... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4218192 | Pressure source A pressure source to develop a stream of liquid under pressure as a consequence of the rise and fall of the surface of a body of water. The pressurizing means comprises an enclosure which bounds a chamber having a pair of portions at least one of which is... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4210821 | Apparatus for extracting energy from movement of water This invention relates to apparatus for converting into useful energy movements imparted thereto by movement of water, preferably sea waves and/or sea currents, the apparatus comprising two or more interconnected members of which at least one is buoyant a... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4206601 | Compressed air producing, tidal and wave-power collection apparatus for installation in large bodies of water A novel tidal and wave-power collection apparatus is disclosed which is well suited for oceanic installations. In the preferred embodiment, a matrix of power collection units is easily assembled at sea, each being bridged and reinforced by catwalks extend... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4174192 | Tide operated pumps A tide operated pump has piston and cylinder members establishing a vertically expansible chamber, one member fixed and the other including a float that is adapted to contain ballast water. Valve controlled inlet and outlet conduits enable the chamber to ... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4145885 | Wave motor A wave motor is described comprising a float, a displaceable member coupled to the float so as to be displaced by the ascent and descent of the float, a pair of shafts, and a transmission including a pair of one-way clutches coupling the displaceable memb... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4103494 | Wave and tide motor Booms are pivotally anchored to the ocean floor and have their angularity adjusted so that float operated power generating mechanisms on the booms are positioned at all times at optimum attitudes in relation to waves and the incoming or outgoing tide. The... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4092828 | Hydroelectric plant A hydroelectric plant operated by wave action is supported by the ocean floor and extends above the surface of the ocean. Connected to an outer edge of the plant structure above the surface of the ocean is a plurality of pivotally connected lever arms hav... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4073142 | Wave-action power apparatus In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a series of off-set rows of spaced-apart upwardly and downwardly reciprocatable floats are mountedly positioned with predetermined distances and positions relative to one-another such that radially-outwardly tra... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4048801 | Process and device for harnessing wave energy In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a plurality of spherical float elements mounted on levers which levers are each mounted for reciprocation along elongated axes thereof substantially vertically thereof to the sea bottom, with interconnected driv... | 09/20/1977 |
| 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 |
| 4034565 | Method and apparatus for generating power A method and apparatus for generating power includes providing at least one elongated chamber having a float reciprocatively mounted therewithin for axial and reciprocative movement and having at least one opening in the chamber, and disposing vertically ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3974652 | Device for converting wave energy in bodies of water There is disclosed a device to convert water wave motion into useful energy which includes a shaft mounted to be rotatable and having fixed thereto a plurality of gears, a plurality of floats equal in number to the plurality of gears with each float conne... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3957398 | Wave energized pump This is a floating pumping station, conceived as ordinarily to be used at the shore of the ocean or large lake where wave action is very considerable and where provision must be made for tidal change and in some cases change in the force of the waves sinc... | 05/18/1976 |
