Patent ID: 7199481
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: F03B,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A wave energy conversion system for converting wave energy within a wave medium into electrical energy, comprising: a base connected to a wave-medium floor; a tidal platform moveably connected to said base; a tidal float connected to said tidal platform to stabilize said tidal platform relative to said base and the surface of said wave medium such that said tidal platform can be maintained at a stabilized depth below the wave medium surface, an axle connected to said tidal platform and extending upward proximate to the surface of the wave medium; an inductive coil positioned proximate to the axle, such that an axis of the inductive coil is substantially parallel to the axle; a magnetic sleeve including a magnetic sleeve opening and disposed slidingly about the axel, such that the axle passes through the magnetic sleeve opening; and a float member interfaced with said magnetic sleeve; such that a wave moving through the wave medium causes vertical displacement of the float member, causing the magnetic sleeve to move relative to the inductive coil and generate electrical energy within the inductive coil, and wherein said tidal float coupled with said tidal platform provides for less movement of said tidal platform relative to said float member.