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US 11,401,910 B2Granted
Flexible wave energy converter
AssigneeAlliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
InventorsBlake Craig Boren, Jochem Weber
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are flexible wave energy converters that actuate electrical generators with dynamic strain (e.g., flexing, stretching, twisting, distension) to convert wave energy to electrical energy. The flexible wave energy converter utilizes flexible electric generators embedded throughout the wave-energy converter's flexible body.
Claims4
A device for converting a stress from an ocean wave to electrical current, the device comprising:
- a body having a first side, a second side, and a base;
- wherein:
- the body comprises a flexible material and a plurality of elastomer generators and is configured to receive the stress which compresses the first side, resulting in a compressed first side and stretches the second side, resulting in a stretched second side,
- at least one fin is attached to the first side and is configured to receive the stress from the ocean wave,
- the base is configured to connect the body to a stable horizontal surface and is configured to remain relatively immobile when the body receives the stress from the ocean wave, and
- the compressed first side and the stretched second side are configured to stretch and compress the plurality of elastomer generators, resulting in conversion of the stress from the ocean wave to electrical current.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.