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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975476 | Production of electric energy from sea waves A power plant using sea waves comprising a float, a horizontal shaft. The float (1/1) of a spherical or cylindrical shape made with plastic or metal material, empty filled with ballast, floats half emerged and transfers the wave vertical motions to a vertical... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963111 | Sea wave energy converter The invention relates to a method for generating energy from an undulating movement of a medium such as seawater, comprising of following the movement of the medium, wherein a direction of movement of the movement changes at a point in time, converting the followed ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7841177 | Ocean electricity generator An apparatus for producing electricity from moving water, such as ocean waves, by converting the wave motion to electricity, the apparatus including a platform, structural tubes, a piston and a float base, where the electricity producing devices may be located on th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827788 | Water power generator A tidal power generator has a floating vessel hull that is subject to rising and falling water levels so that the hull moves vertically up and down. Linear-to-rotary converters are coupled between the vessel hull and a fixed object. The converters allow the hull to ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7770390 | Configurations and methods for wave energy extraction A wave energy harvester (100A) includes an element (120A) that converts forward and/or backward of water in a wave (102A, B, C) passing the harvester (100A) into upward and/or downward movement to thereby increase the vertical amplitude o... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7549288 | Wave energy power extraction system An apparatus for generating power from waves. Weighted power cells are suspended at opposing ends of a connecting arm supported by a floating frame that rocks in response to passing waves. The power cells compress air or draw a vacuum as they fall and rise, respecti... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536859 | Apparatus for wave energy harnessing An apparatus for wave energy harnessing includes at least one slide shaft, a buoyant unit, an energy-transmitting unit, and a rotate unit. The slide shaft is firmly mounted on the seabed. The buoyant unit is movably engaged with the slide shaft and has a reservoir a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7493759 | Fluid motion energy converter A converter for producing useable energy from fluid motion of a fluid medium. The converter includes a support structure, at least one movable element immersed in the fluid medium and supported externally on the support structure such that the movable element can mo... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7419366 | Apparatus for storage of potential energy An apparatus for storage of potential energy using water from a deep body of water is described. The apparatus comprises one module including a cylinder, a piston slidably connected to the cylinder, a column for storing the water from the deep body of water received... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352073 | Ocean wave energy converter having an improved generator and ballast control The ocean wave energy converter uniquely includes a generator with a rotating inner rotor surrounded by a counter-rotating outer rotor for generating electricity. A reciprocating drive rod drives the inner rotor on the downstroke of the drive rod and the outer rotor... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323790 | Wave energy converters (WECs) with linear electric generators (LEGs) An ocean wave energy converter (WEC) utilizes the relative motion between permanent magnet and induction coil assemblies to generate electricity. The permanent magnet assemblies and induction coil assemblies are separately housed in watertight enclosures, enabling a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322189 | Wide bandwidth farms for capturing wave energy Disclosed herein is a system comprising a central controller; and a plurality of devices for capturing wave energy and converting into another form of energy; wherein the central controller is in operative communication with the plurality of devices to adjust an ene... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293960 | Power generation assemblies, and apparatus for use therewith A floating power generation assembly comprises at least three floating units (900) floating on a body of water, and at least three anchors (916) secured to a solid surface beneath the body of water, each of the floating units (900) being provide... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7245041 | Ocean wave energy converter A long cylinder shaped beam is submerged in the ocean and suspended horizontally by multiple floats for converting ocean wave energy. The long length (at least the distance of the crest of two waves) and heavy weight of the beam, give the floats something stable to ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239038 | Apparatus for electrical signal generation based upon movement and associated methods A generator/sensor may include a pair of arcuate swing arms having respective opposing ends pivotally carried by a base so that the arcuate swing arms are transverse to one another and define a movable crossing point therebetween. A body may be carried by the arcuat... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7076949 | System for multiple harnessing and complemented conversion of energy from sea waves System for multiple harnessing and complemented conversion of energy from sea waves. The system includes a structure of vertical guides along which the central floating body moves, a submerged captive-air tank, held up by the floating body, with the body and the tan... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6956299 | System for generating energy from the waves of the sea Includes at least one floating body (1), and is characterised in that includes a device (2) fitted inside said body (1) for transforming the movement of the floating body (1) into pneumatic or hydraulic energy and means for transmitting t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935263 | Wake absorber A wake absorber, wherein an aquatic vehicle with a propulsor mounted on the vehicle and operative to propel the vehicle through a water medium, has a wake absorber mounted on the vehicle aft of the propulsor. The wake absorber includes an artificial muscle surface a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925800 | Wave power machine The wave force machine as such is constructed in such a way that it is capable of utilizing the upward force from the waves with (FIG. 1) the force from float (1) and rocker arm (3) via rocker arm pipe (4), wherein 1 or more lock bearings... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6863028 | Tidal irrigation and electrical system (TIES) A tidal irrigation and electrical system used to harness the power of the ocean tide to generate electricity, create sustainable aquaculture, act as a CO2 sink, and generate hydrocarbons. An artificial atoll is created on the continental shelf to define a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6863806 | Barge-mounted tidal-powered desalinization system A tidal-powered desalinization system is mounted on a barge that oscillates about fixed pier structures, generating a two-way pumping action. The two-way pumping action is changed to a single direction flow of seawater. The sea water is directed into an on-board des... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6857266 | Wave energy converter A wave energy conversion apparatus is described. It comprises at least two devices (3, 4), each comprising a surface float (5, 6), at least one of the surface floats being rigidly attached to a submerged body (9, 10). The movement of the two dev... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6803670 | Method and apparatus for generating energy Disclosed is an apparatus and method for generating energy, and in particular electrical energy, using fluid supported bodies, each disposed in one of a plurality of chambers filled with a fluid. The fluid, which issues from a fluid source, has a density which is gr... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6772592 | Float dependent wave energy device Apparatus for converting energy contained in surface waves on a body of water to useful energy comprises a float from which is suspended a fully or effectively fully submerged inverted cup-shaped member having a closed top end and an open bottom end. Disposed within... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6681572 | Wave power machine A pair of articulated rods connect between a float and a pair of shafts through a one-way clutch on the respectively shafts. When a float rises an "up" connecting rod causes the "up" shaft to rotate as its clutch is engaged, and when the float falls, that... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6574957 | Tidal/wave compressed air electricity generation A system for using tidal or wave action to compress air at a high pressure and produce electricity. The system includes a piston contained in a chamber including an air intake port. The chamber is connected to an air storage tank through a valve. A moveab... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6575712 | Air compressor system An air compressor system utilized in a body of water that produces compressed air from water wave energy. The air compressor system includes floating structures in a body of water designed to receive ambient air and produce compressed air, utilizing a bel... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6443653 | Modular floating breakwater for the transformation of wave energy A floating modular system for the protection of harbours and the transformation of energy, consisting of: a plurality of modules (1) made of metal and/or reinforced marine concrete box-structure, comprising internal air spaces (2) for determining the floa... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435849 | Fluid pump A pump (10) comprises a pair of bladders (28,30) attached to respective opposite sides of a flexure plate (32) for pumping fluid by alternately compressing and expanding the bladders. Each bladder has at least one input connector (22, 34) with a one-way v... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6389810 | Wave energy converter with float A device to convert vertical motion of waves in a body of water into useable work has hollow float (14) centrally mounted on vertical sleeve (16) sliding on fixed vertical shaft (10). Oscillations are converted into rotation via an opposing pair of pinion... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6109029 | Wave energy converter An apparatus and method as seen in FIG. 2 for converting the motion of waves on a body of fluid 52 into useable energy. This apparatus employs a wave follower 20 to track the rising and falling waves. The reciprocating wave follower interacts with a drive... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5975865 | Pump activated by wave energy A wave pump activated by a wave energy for conveying a water to a desired place. The wave pump includes a tiltable hollow piston tube having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion is communicated with a submerged pipe and the upper portio... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5854516 | Method and apparatus for generating electric power using wave force An improved electric power generation apparatus using a wave force and a method thereof which are capable of protecting the system from waves having a predetermined height higher than the previously set height based on the climate condition at the constru... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5814921 | Frequency multiplying piezoelectric generators Piezoelectric electrical generators comprise cantilevered beams of piezoelectric material, cross sections of the beams preferably being triangular and of increasing area from free end to fixed end. Arrays of spaced apart beams are disposed in overlapping,... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5770893 | Wave energy device A wave energy device comprising a tube assembly comprising a plurality of open pipes of different lengths and natural resonant frequencies each (FIG. 8) where each tube (13) floating upright in the water (FIG. 2), with the tower end of the tube open to th... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5708305 | Ocean wave energy conversion system A multi-tiered support structure, with each of the tiers having a horizontally rotating pivoted arm having a float and paddle arrangement on one end and the opposite end is attached to an air compressor. As the waves hit the paddles the pivot arms will op... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5701740 | Device for a buoy-based wave power apparatus A device for buoy based wave power apparatus, where the buoy (30) coacts with a cylinder piston arrangement which is connected to the sea bed, and where the arrangement is provided with the valve means (34, 35) enabling fluid flow through a piston (32) an... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5578889 | Piezoelectric generation of electrical power from surface waves on bodies of water using suspended weighted members A system for converting the mechanical energy of ocean waves to electrical energy comprises a weighted member supported from a piezoelectric element for applying a preselected strain to the element. In one embodiment, the element is supported by a float f... | 11/26/1996 |
