Patents by Inventor Manfred Wallace Gustafson

Manfred Wallace Gustafson 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).

  • Wave generator
    Patent number: 3965364
    Abstract: A device for utilizing energy stored in wave motion. A buoyant body on the water surface is anchored so as to permit free, unrestricted vertical movement when acted upon by a heaving wave. An energy collecting member connected to the buoyant body and including propeller blades is located at a depth where the water is not subjected to the vertical wave motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Inventors: Manfred Wallace Gustafson, Kaj-Ragnar Loqvist