Patents by Inventor Peter F. Boyce

Peter F. Boyce 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).

  • Patent number: 4748338
    Abstract: An ocean wave energy extracting beach sand erosion reversal and electric power generation system. Moored seaward of the breaker zone it serves the function of beach sand accretion by extracting energy from the waves prior to their breaking thereby lessening turbulence responsible for tossing sand into suspension to then be swept away by currents.Two pontoons support a series of pyramidal frameworks from which is suspended a strong, flexible, weighted pendulum which is the drive shaft of a large electric generator. The pendulum is caused to swing by the undulations of the ocean waves. The pendulum is caused to rotate as it swings by means of loops of cable and ratcheted pulleys thereby becomming a drive shaft to turn a large generator.By applying the force of the rotating pendulum to turn an electric generator, electricity is produced as a by-product of erosion reversal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Inventor: Peter F. Boyce
  • Patent number: 4608497
    Abstract: An ocean wave energy converting vessel which can remain perpendicular to the ocean waves for maximum energy conversion, regardless of its direction of travel. As either end of the quadrapod is lifted by a wave and the pendulum deck tends toward the center of the earth, force is applied to the generator due to the shifting weight of the pendulum deck, generator battery bank and all other equipment on said deck. This results from cables looped around racheted pulleys on the generator shaft, connected at their ends to the bow and stern of the quadrapod. Maximum energy conversion depends upon the quadrapod being perpendicular to the ocean waves. The paradox of a vessel facing one direction while traveling another is resolved by a navigation system consisting of four simultaneously swiveling, finned, motorized pontoons to maintain course direction, operated in conjunction with a wind fan with rudder mounted to the pendulum deck which holds quadrapod perpendicular to ocean waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Inventor: Peter F. Boyce