Patents by Inventor Samuel Devon Etherington

Samuel Devon Etherington 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 energy converter with submerged element
    Patent number: 10344737
    Abstract: A wave energy converter (1) has: a buoyant structure (2) which, in use, floats on water; a generator (18); a generator drive mechanism (38) on board the buoyant structure (2), the generator drive mechanism (38) having an rotational input drive shaft (20) and a rotational output drive shaft (36); a drive member (22) operably connected to the input drive shaft (20), the drive member (22) being moveable back and forth between a first position and a second position; a biasing arrangement (23, 26) for example a buoyant block acting on the drive member; and, a submerged element 4, 4? which, in use, moves below the surface of the water out of phase with the buoyant structure (2), the drive member (22) being attached by a tether (28) to the submerged element (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: AQUA POWER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Samuel Devon Etherington
  • WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER WITH SUBMERGED ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170363058
    Abstract: A wave energy converter (1) has: a buoyant structure (2) which, in use, floats on water; a generator (18); a generator drive mechanism (38) on board the buoyant structure (2), the generator drive mechanism (38) having an rotational input drive shaft (20) and a rotational output drive shaft (36); a drive member (22) operably connected to the input drive shaft (20), the drive member (22) being moveable back and forth between a first position and a second position; a biasing arrangement (23, 26) for example a buoyant block acting on the drive member; and, a submerged element 4, 4? which, in use, moves below the surface of the water out of phase with the buoyant structure (2), the drive member (22) being attached by a tether (28) to the submerged element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Samuel Devon Etherington