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US 11,867,144 B1Granted
Wave energy capture, storage, and conversion device
OwnerLoubert S. Suddabyinventor
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Abstract
A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, including a first screw pump assembly, including a screw including a first end and a second end, and a tube at least partially encircling the screw, the tube including a third end and a fourth end, and a first point absorber operatively arranged to displace the screw in a first circumferential direction.
Claims20
A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising:
- a first screw pump assembly, including:
- a screw comprising a first end and a second end;
- and
- a tube at least partially encircling the screw, the tube comprising a third end and a fourth end;
- and
- a first point absorber operatively arranged to displace the screw in a first circumferential direction, the first point absorber including:
- a wheel non-rotatably connected to the screw;
- and
- a float connected to the wheel, wherein displacement of the float in a first direction displaces the wheel in the first circumferential direction.
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A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising:
- at least one screw pump assembly, each screw pump assembly of the at least one screw pump assembly including:
- a screw comprising a first end and a second end;
- and
- a tube at least partially encircling the screw, the tube comprising a third end and a fourth end;
- and
- a point absorber including a wheel and a float connected to the wheel, the point absorber operatively arranged to displace the screw in a first circumferential direction such that fluid is displaced in the tube from the third end to the fourth end.
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A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising:
- at least one pump assembly;
- and
- a point absorber, including:
- a wheel;
- a float;
- and
- a reciprocating element pivotably connected to the float and engaged with the wheel;
- wherein the point absorber is operatively arranged to displace the at least one pump assembly in a first circumferential direction such that the at least one pump assembly displaces fluid from a first altitude to a second altitude, the second altitude being greater than the first altitude.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.