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Patent No.:

US 9945348 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011

Ocean wave energy converter including control system for disabling active rectification when generator output power is less than a conversion loss

Applicant:

Joseph Sarokhan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventor:

Joseph Sarokhan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., Pennington, NJ (US);

Attorneys:

Jonathan M. Pierce

Porter Hedges LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tulsidas C Patel

Assistant Examiner:

S Mikailoff

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/12 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/14 (2013.01); F05B 2260/42 (2013.01); F05B 2260/80 (2013.01); F05B 2270/20 (2013.01); F05B 2270/335 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electric generator driven by a source of variable energy produces at its output an alternating current (AC) output voltage and current which is converted via controllable active switching circuitry into a direct current (DC) voltage which is stored in an energy storage element. Power losses are associated with the active switching circuit and the AC to DC conversion. The power available at the output of the generator can be determined. If the available power is less than the power losses the controllable switching circuitry is disabled.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sarokhan, Joseph. (2018). Ocean wave energy converter including control system for disabling active rectification when generator output power is less than a conversion loss (U.S. Patent No. 9945348). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9945348

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