Patent ID: 8915078
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: F03B,F05B,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for generating energy from a floating platform tuned relative to waves in a body of water using the hydraulic force of the waves in a body of water, the system comprising: the floating platform movable relative to the waves, wherein the water in the waves exerts hydraulic forces on the floating platform, the floating platform forming a first movable mass with a first natural frequency that is tunable relative to a natural frequency of a wave; a second movable mass, carried by and movable relative to the first movable mass, the second movable mass creating kinetic, energy as the result of varying the position of the second movable mass relative to the first mass, the second movable mass having a second natural frequency that is tunable relative to the first natural frequency and to the wave's natural frequency; and an active tuning system comprising a computer and sensors for adjusting the tuning of at least one of the first natural frequency and the second natural frequency relative to the other and to the wave's natural frequency to increase energy generated.