Power plants – Motor having a buoyant working member – Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-01
2010-11-02
Denion, Thomas E (Department: 3748)
Power plants
Motor having a buoyant working member
Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
C060S496000, C060S497000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07823380
ABSTRACT:
A wave energy converter includes a flexible pipe and an inlet. The flexible pipe floats on the water surface, following the wave form. Slugs of water and air enter, one after the other, through the inlet. Because the flexible pipe follows the shape of the wave, water is transported through a manifold to a pressure chamber connected to a generator. The inlet consists of a hollow, inflexible pipe attached to the throat of the flexible pipe. The inflexible pipe is fixedly attached to a buoyancy tank or plurality thereof. The buoyancy tanks are arranged in a vertical plane or in tandem, with the inflexible pipe passing along the plane vertical to the fore and aft axis of the buoyancy tank and the frontward portion projecting sufficiently ahead of the buoyancy tank with the flexible pipe terminating at a singular outlet. The entire apparatus is facing the oncoming waves.
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Clemens William J.
Denion Thomas E
Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC
Jetton Christopher
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