Patents by Inventor Glen Edward Cook

Glen Edward Cook has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120237298
    Abstract: Disclosed is a double wall dam with a reservoir between the walls with opening doors mounted on the front wall to allow oncoming waves to open the doors and fill the reservoir. A hole with a turbine and generator is mounted in the bottom of the front wall to allow the water in the reservoir to flow out and spin the turbine and generator to create electricity. The dam can collect the entire wave and stack the water in a column that can be higher than the wave. This dam can produce many times the power than other over the top wave energy converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: GLEN EDWARD COOK
  • Publication number: 20110109088
    Abstract: The windsock horizontal axes windmill is much like a conventional horizontal axes windmill with two unique differences. The propeller is replaced with a cone shaped turbine that runs slower with less noise very much like a squirrel cage type vertical axes windmill. The cone shaped turbine can also be seen so birds don't fly into it. The windsock turbine used underwater has the same advantages and also has the advantage of deflecting seaweed and other garbage pass the turbine because of the cone shape with the point facing the oncoming water. The windsock acts like a weedless, environmentally friendly prop in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook
  • Publication number: 20100171313
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device to convert the energy of ocean waves into electricity. The device has a barrel shaped body mounted on legs on the ocean floor. The body extends from below the trough of a wave at low tide to a height above the largest wave at high tide. There is a vented top and a hole at the bottom of the body. The hole in the bottom is smaller than the body to cause the water flow to speed up as it passes the turbine. A turbine generator is mounted at the hole in the bottom of the body. When the crest of a wave passes the device, water flows up into the body through the hole in the bottom spinning the turbine generator. As the trough of the wave passes the device the water flows out of the bottom spinning the turbine generator producing electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook
  • Patent number: 7717452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tool to help move and connect a tractor trailer dolly to the lead trailer in a safe, easy and efficient manner. The dolly jockey is a bar about three feet long with lips at the bottom to connect to the safety chain mounting ring on the rear of trailers. The bar has one or more hooks that connect to a chain with a hook at the end. The chain is connected between the dolly and the bar. The bar is used as a pry bar to pull the trailer towards the lead trailer. The bar can also be used to pry the front of the dolly from side to side in order to line it up with the lead trailer hitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook
  • Publication number: 20080106064
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tool to help move and connect a tractor trailer dolly to the lead trailer in a safe, easy and efficient manner. The dolly jockey is a bar about three feet long with lips at the bottom to connect to the safety chain mounting ring on the rear of trailers. The bar has one or more hooks that connect to a chain with a hook at the end. The chain is connected between the dolly and the bar. The bar is used as a pry bar to pull the trailer towards the lead trailer. The bar can also be used to pry the front of the dolly from side to side in order to line it up with the lead trailer hitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook
  • Patent number: 7355298
    Abstract: Disclosed is a syphon wave generator for generating electric power from a wave-driven water body in a fast, easy, inexpensive and efficient manner such that the unit has few moving part, is very inexpensive to build and maintain and can withstand storms. The syphon wave generator comprises: a horizontal pipe with one or more pipes at each end extending down below the water surface, a turbine and generator mounted inside the horizontal pipe and a means for filling the unit with water. The waves passing under the unit cause different water levels at different pipes creating a siphon. The water siphoning across the horizontal pipe spins the turbine and generator to create electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook
  • Publication number: 20070222222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a syphon wave generator for generating electric power from a wave-driven water body in a fast, easy, inexpensive and efficient manner such that the unit has few moving part, is very inexpensive to build and maintain and can withstand storms. The syphon wave generator comprises: a horizontal pipe with one or more pipes at each end extending down below the water surface, a turbine and generator mounted inside the horizontal pipe and a means for filling the unit with water. The waves passing under the unit cause different water levels at different pipes creating a siphon. The water siphoning across the horizontal pipe spins the turbine and generator to create electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventor: Glen Edward Cook