Patent ID: 9541054
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B63B,F03B,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A floating wave energy converter comprising: a wave absorbing floating body having a lug; a first underwater appendage, having a deck, a buoyancy compartment, and an equipment compartment, wherein the first under water appendage is coupled to the wave absorbing floating body through the lug, a pulley, a steel cable, and a hydraulic cylinder; a support arm wherein an upper end of the support arm is fixedly coupled to the wave absorbing floating body, wherein a lower end of the support arm is coupled to a first hinge, wherein the first hinge is fixedly coupled to the first underwater appendage through a base, and wherein the support arm, together with the wave absorbing floating body, can pivot about the first hinge; a main floating body, located above the first underwater appendage and below the wave absorbing floating body; and a plurality of second underwater appendages, wherein each of the plurality of second underwater appendages is pivotably coupled to an end of the first underwater appendage through a second hinge.