Method of, and apparatus for, extracting energy from waves
Patent 4300871 Issued on November 17, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 26, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
December 26, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3928967 Buoyantly supportable structures especially for power generating systems Patent #: 4251991 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/107366 filed on 12/26/1979US Classes:417/331, Float60/398, Utilizing natural energy or having a geographic feature60/497Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of a body of fluidExaminersPrimary: Ostrager, Allen M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF03B 13/00 (20060101)F03B 13/20 (20060101) AbstractIn a method of, and apparatus for, extracting energy from waves on a liquid, the precession of a gyroscope in response to angular motion of a member in response to waves performs useful work by operating a hydraulic pump.Advantageously, pairs of gyroscopes having their rotors spinning in opposite directions are mounted in the member so as to balance the output torques of the gyroscopes. | |
