Patent ID: 7385301
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: F03B,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method of converting wave-energy within a wave medium into electrical energy comprising: positioning a plurality of wave energy conversion devices in a wave medium wherein each of the wave energy conversion devices includes a magnetic sleeve, an axle passing through the magnetic sleeve, at least one induction coil associated with the axle and having an axis substantially parallel to the axle, and a float member coupled to the magnetic sleeve such that a wave moving through the wave medium displaces the float member, moving the magnetic sleeve relative to the inductive coil and generating electrical energy within the inductive coil, and wherein each of the axles is attached to a tidal platform; connecting the tidal platform to a base; and stabilizing the tidal platform with a tidal float connected to the tidal platform relative to the base and the surface of the wave medium to maintain the tidal platform at a stabilized depth below the wave medium surface, wherein the tidal float is coupled to the tidal platform providing less movement of the tidal platform relative to the float member.