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US 11,815,060 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.
Claims8
An ocean wave energy converter device comprising:
- a hull having an interior and an exterior;
- a lattice comprising a honeycomb structure and positioned in the interior;
- and
- a mass located in the interior;
- wherein:
- the hull is substantially spherical,
- the honeycomb structure comprises elastomer generators and magnetostrictive fibers arranged in a plurality of octagons,
- the mass comprises a solid spherical object and is surrounded by the lattice and in contact with the lattice,
- the mass is configured to apply a strain to the lattice when the device is subjected to a stress from a wave, and
- the strain on the lattice results in a generation of electrical energy.
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