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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Orono, ME (US);
Inventors:
Anthony M. Viselli, Bangor, ME (US);
Habib J. Dagher, Veazie, ME (US);
Assignee:
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Orono, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/18 (2006.01); F03B 13/20 (2006.01); F03B 13/12 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01); F03B 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/18 (2013.01); F03B 13/12 (2013.01); F03B 13/14 (2013.01); F03B 13/16 (2013.01); F03B 13/20 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); F05B 2250/231 (2013.01); F05B 2250/72 (2013.01); Y02E 10/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wave energy converter () is capable of floating on a body of water (BW), moving in response to waves (W) occurring in the body of water (BW), and includes a hull () connected to a heave plate (). The wave energy converter () is characterized in that the hull () is formed from reinforced concrete, a plurality of connecting tendons () extend between the hull () and the heave plate (), and a power take off () is attached to each connecting tendon ().