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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Oscilla Power Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Zachary Murphree, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Oscilla Power, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/20 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for generating electricity includes a buoyant structure, a heave plate, at least one load carrying structure that is mechanically coupled to both the buoyant structure and the heave plate, and at least one magnetostrictive element. The magnetostrictive element is configured to to experienceforce changes applied by the load carrying structure caused by hydrodynamic forces acting on the device.