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Patent No.:

US 11459998 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2019

Autonomous unmanned wave energy converter for multifunction sensor platform

Applicant:

Calwave Power Technologies Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Marcus Lehmann, Berkeley, CA (US);

Thomas Boerner, Berkeley, CA (US);

Nigel Kojimoto, Berkeley, CA (US);

Bryan Murray, Berkeley, CA (US);

Daniel Petcovic, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

CALWAVE POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Berkeley, CA (US);

Attorney:

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Joseph Ortega

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/20 (2006.01); B63H 19/02 (2006.01); B63B 22/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/20 (2013.01); B63B 22/20 (2013.01); B63H 19/02 (2013.01); B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 2022/006 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4466 (2013.01); B63G 2008/008 (2013.01); B63J 2003/005 (2013.01); F05B 2270/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A submergible wave energy converter and method for using the same are described. In one embodiment, the wave energy converter may be used for deep water operations. In one embodiment, the submergible wave energy converter is an autonomous unmanned vehicle that enables remote ocean power generation. In one embodiment, the wave energy converter apparatus comprises an absorber having a body with an upper surface and a bottom surface and at least one power take-off (PTO) unit coupled to the absorber and configured to displace movement of the absorber body relative to a reference, where the power take-off unit is operable to perform motion energy conversion based on displacement of the absorber body relative to the reference in response to wave excitation, and where the power take-off unit is operable to return the absorber body from a displaced position to a predefined equilibrium position and to provide a force acting on the absorber body for energy extraction.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lehmann, Marcus. (2022). Autonomous unmanned wave energy converter for multifunction sensor platform (U.S. Patent No. 11459998). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11459998

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