Patent ID: 8974192
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F03B,Y02A,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A biomorphic wave energy collector apparatus submerged in and used in conjunction with sea water adjacent a coastal shoreline, the apparatus comprising: a. a deformable submergible bladder configured to operate when submerged in the sea water, the deformable submergible bladder further enclosed by four rigid submergible plates and two transverse deformable submergible walls, b. at least one one-way intake valve, the at least one one-way intake valve allowing said sea water to enter the deformable submergible bladder; c. at least one outlet incorporated into the deformable bladder, into the second transverse rigid submergible plate and into a conduit pipe, the second transverse rigid submergible plate is affixed to the conduit pipe, the outlet allowing said sea water to exit the deformable submergible bladder and through the second transverse rigid submergible plate and into the conduit pipe; d. a submergible wave collector affixed to the first end side and to the second end side of the first transverse rigid submergible plate, the submergible wave collector serving as a top of the biomorphic wave energy collector and the submergible wave collector configured to open when used in conjunction with sea water when impacted by sea water; e. an anchoring attachment; and f. the first rigid submergible plate, the second rigid submergible plate, the first transverse rigid submergible plate, the first transverse deformable submergible wall and the second transverse deformable submergible wall flexibly reducing the volume of the deformable submergible bladder in response to the motion of a wave surge against the wave collector and at least one of the first rigid submergible plate and the second rigid submergible plate; g. when the wave collector experiences an underwater surge of a wave, the wave collector is pushed from its original position by a directional force from the underwater surged of the wave, and the wave collector and the first rigid submergible plate, the second rigid submergible plate, the first transverse rigid submergible plate, the first transverse deformable submergible wall and the second transverse deformable submergible wall move from an original position transverse to the conduit pipe to move laterally and downwardly toward the conduit pipe to thereby compress and decrease the volume in the deformable submergible bladder and the sea water which is forced into the bladder from the at least one one-way intake valve is forced out of the bladder through the outlet and into a hose in the conduit pipe enabling the sea water to be inserted into the hose and flow to a hose outlet at a shoreline, and when a surge wave has passed, a force of a returning wave causes the wave collector and the first rigid submergible plate, the second rigid submergible plate, the first transverse rigid submergible plate, the first transverse deformable submergible plate and the second transverse deformable submergible plate to return to their original position and the bladder is expanded to its original volume until the wave collector receives another force from the sea water to again repeat a bladder compression process and repeat a sea water exit process from the deformable compressible bladder to the hose in the conduit pipe.