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US 2021/0054820 A1Published application
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.
Claims16
A device comprising:
- a body having a first side, a second side, and a base;
- and
- the body comprises a flexible material and a plurality of elastomer generators.
A device comprising:
- a shell having an interior and an exterior;
- a lattice comprising a plurality of elastomer generators in the interior;
- and
- a weight.
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A device comprising:
- a rod having a first end, a second end, a first magnetic field, and a length;
- a tube surrounding the first end, the second end, and the length of the rod;
- a first mooring line connected to the first end of the rod;
- and
- a second mooring line connected to the second end of the rod;
- wherein:
- the first mooring line is also connected to a base,
- the second mooring line is connected to the base, and
- the rod comprises a magnetostrictive material.
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The device of claim 15, wherein the tension is created by the first mooring line and the second mooring line.
The device of claim 15, wherein:
- the tension causes the rod to move relative to the coil, resulting in a strain on the rod,
- the strain on the rod changes the first magnetic field to a second magnetic field;
- and
- the change to the second magnetic field induces an electrical current in the coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.