Patents by Inventor Saxon D. Borden

Saxon D. Borden 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).

  • Turbine system and method for extracting energy from waves, wind, and other fluid flows
    Patent number: 8002523
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for harvesting fluid energy including a wave turbine consisting of a long shaft having pairs of buckets positioned at intervals along the shaft and rotated 90 degrees from each adjacent pair. Each bucket is connected at an offset angle with respect to a plane that is normal to the shaft. When adapted for harnessing wave energy, the shaft is elevated above water surface and positioned at an oblique angle to the prevailing wave fronts. Each bucket is positively buoyant, so that buckets capture both potential and kinetic wave energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Saxon D. Borden
  • Turbine System and Method for Extracting Energy From Waves, Wind, and Other Fluid Flows
    Publication number: 20090108584
    Abstract: An apparatus for harvesting fluid energy including a wave turbine consisting of a long shaft having pairs of buckets positioned at intervals along the shaft and rotated 90 degrees from each adjacent pair. Each bucket is connected at an offset angle with respect to a plane that is normal to the shaft. When adapted for harnessing wave energy, the shaft is elevated above water surface and positioned at an oblique angle to the prevailing wave fronts. Each bucket is positively buoyant, so that buckets capture both potential and kinetic wave energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Saxon D. Borden