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US 12,372,053 B2Granted
Wave swell energy capture infrastructure
OwnerGeorge B. Hall, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for wave swell energy capture infrastructure, such as implemented, in whole or in part, via utilization of an energy conversion apparatus.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a subsea cable assembly fixedly attached to a surface flotation apparatus via one or more pulleys of a set of pulleys of the subsea cable assembly, the subsea cable assembly having a set of guides to rotationally route one or more cables of a set of cables of the subsea cable assembly for a movable connection of the one or more cables to a dual cable drum apparatus via a first drum,
- wherein one or more additional pulleys of the subsea cable assembly fixedly attached to one or more subsea interconnecting cables to interconnect with at least one of a seabed anchor or a sea anchor,
- wherein the surface flotation apparatus is operatively connected to a cable tensioning apparatus via at least a connecting cable of a second drum of the dual cable drum apparatus,
- wherein the cable tensioning apparatus, the dual cable drum apparatus, and the surface flotation apparatus cooperate, via at least the one or more subsea interconnecting cables, the connecting cable, and the set of cables of the subsea cable assembly to convert a linear motion of the surface flotation apparatus into a rotary motion of the dual cable drum apparatus during a full wave period;
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- wherein the conversion is to amplify the linear motion of the surface flotation apparatus by a first threshold value, and wherein the first threshold value is a factor of a number of pulleys of the subsea cable assembly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a subsea interconnecting cable operatively connected to a dual cable drum apparatus via a first drum,
- wherein the subsea interconnecting cable is fixedly attached to at least one of a seabed anchor or a sea anchor,
- wherein a surface flotation apparatus is operatively connected to a cable tensioning apparatus via at least a connecting cable of a second drum of the dual cable drum apparatus,
- wherein the cable tensioning apparatus, the dual cable drum apparatus, and the surface flotation apparatus cooperate, via the subsea interconnecting cable and the connecting cable to convert a linear motion of the surface flotation apparatus into a rotary motion of the dual cable drum apparatus during a full wave period;
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- wherein the conversion is to amplify the linear motion of the cable tensioning apparatus by a threshold value, and wherein the threshold value is a factor of a number of pulleys of the cable tensioning apparatus and the speed of the second drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.