Patents Assigned to Wave Electric International, LLC
  • Wave Responsive Electrical Generator
    Publication number: 20130082465
    Abstract: A wave responsive electrical generator device having a buoyant member connected to an anchor by a tether line member, the line member passing through a sheave mounted within the buoyant member and descending to a counterweight, whereby vertical motion of the buoyant member results in rotation of the sheave, which in turn operates hydraulic cylinders to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to an hydraulic motor, which drives an electrical generator, wherein the line member is a plurality of belts mechanically interlocking with the sheave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: WAVE ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Mark R. Frich
  • Wave responsive electrical generator
    Patent number: 8209973
    Abstract: A wave responsive electrical generator device having a buoyant member connected to an anchor by a tether line member, the line member passing through a sheave mounted within the buoyant member and descending to a counterweight, whereby vertical motion of the buoyant member results in rotation of the sheave, which in turn operates hydraulic cylinders to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to an hydraulic motor, which drives an electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Wave Electric International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark R. Frich