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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2009
Paul Mcevoy, Balbriggan, IE;
Robert Healy, Castlerea, IE;
Paul McEvoy, Balbriggan, IE;
Robert Healy, Castlerea, IE;
Technology From Ideas, Limited, Waterford, IE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a damper for damping the reactionary motion of a wave energy conversion device to wave motion, comprising a damping energy absorber () having a reversible non-linear stress-strain response, arranged to damp the reactionary motion of the WEC. According to a first aspect, there is provided a damping structure () for a wave energy conversion device (). The structure comprises a fixed member (), and a damping member () having a reversible non-linear stress-strain response. The present invention also relates to a mooring component () for a mooring system () and to a method for manufacturing a mooring component (). The component comprises a deformable element () having a reversible non-linear stress-strain response, wherein the response is a composite reversible non-linear stress-strain response.