Patents Examined by Nicholas Ponomarcnko
  • Patent number: 6791206
    Abstract: A floating ocean swell electric generator system includes a floating platform having a deck and an engine for propelling a floating platform. A plurality of ocean electric generators are mounted on the floating platform. Each floating generator has an elongated stator tube extending from the floating platform below the deck into the surface of the water and a floating linear rotor in the stator tube for movement with ocean swells passing beneath the floating platform. Electric energy is generated by the movement of the linear rotor in the stator tube responsive to ocean swells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: David D. Woodbridge