Patents by Inventor Jennifer Vining

Jennifer Vining 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).

  • LINEAR VERNIER GENERATOR FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION
    Publication number: 20200080535
    Abstract: An apparatus converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. The apparatus includes a linear electrical generator. The linear electrical generator includes at least one translator with translator poles and at least one stator with stator poles. The stator poles are aligned with the translator poles according to a Vernier scale. For given lengths of the stator and translator, the number of stator poles in the stator is offset by an integer number of translator poles in the translator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Oscilla Power, Inc.
    Inventor: Jennifer Vining
  • Wave energy converter
    Patent number: 10393089
    Abstract: A wave energy converter includes a surface float including a non-axisymmetric profile, a reaction plate configured to be submerged below a water surface, and more than one flexible tether, each mechanically coupled to both the surface float and the reaction plate, the reaction plate having a moment of inertia in pitch and roll greater than a moment of inertia in pitch and roll of the surface float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Oscilla Power Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R Mundon, Balakrishnan G Nair, Jennifer Vining
  • WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20170009732
    Abstract: A wave energy converter includes a surface float including a non-axisymmetric profile, a reaction plate configured to be submerged below a water surface, and more than one flexible tether, each mechanically coupled to both the surface float and the reaction plate, the reaction plate having a moment of inertia in pitch and roll greater than a moment of inertia in pitch and roll of the surface float.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Oscilla Power, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Mundon, Balakrishnan G. Nair, Jennifer Vining