Patent ID: 6781253
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: F03B,Y02E

Abstract:
A system for converting the kinetic energy of the ocean into electrical energy comprising:a. a force collecting means comprising a water-filled pipe with a first sunken end and which opens into a water-filled piston sleeve standing vertically on the bottom of said ocean, said piston sleeve containing a piston with a buoyant closed cylinder fixedly attached to said piston, said piston fitted with an O-ring around its rim so that in operation passing waves cause said piston and cylinder to tend to rise and fall, varying the potential energy of said water in said pipe, and b. an energy conversion means located ashore operatedly connected to a second end of said pipe, said energy conversion means selected from the group of (1) a Bourdon Tube, gear transmission means and an electric generator and (2) a Cartesian Diver, a gear transmission means and an electric generator, said generator configured to convert kinetic energy into electric energy.