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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Delmar L. Barker, Tucson, AZ (US);

Darrick M. Buban, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael J. Broyles, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/16 (2006.01); E02B 9/08 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/16 (2013.01); E02B 9/08 (2013.01); F03B 13/14 (2013.01); F05B 2240/131 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to embodiment of the disclosure, a wave energy harvesting system comprises a water wave band gap structure (WWBGS) and one or more energy conversion devices. The water wave band gap structure (WWBGS) comprises an array of posts with one or more missing posts that define a defect cavity. The one or more defect cavities are configured to concentrate energy of water waves. The one or more energy conversion devices are positioned in or adjacent to one of the one or more defect cavities and are configured to convert the energy from the water waves into another form of energy.


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