Patent ID: 7474013

Claim:
A wave energy recovery system comprising: a plurality of motion translating assemblies, each motion translating assembly comprising: a main buoy; a retracting buoy; a shaft segment, where said shaft segment is one of a plurality of shaft segments forming a shaft connecting said plurality of motion translating assemblies; a pulley, coupled to said shaft segment; and a cable, coupled on a first end to said main buoy, coupled on a second end to said retracting buoy, and wrapped around said pulley, where vertical motion of the said main buoy translates into rotational motion of said pulley and said rotational motion of said pulley is translated to said shaft segment when said pulley rotates in a first direction, but said pulley does not translate rotational motion to said shaft segment when said pulley rotates in a second direction; and an electric power generating device coupled to said shaft, wherein rotational motion of said shaft results in said electric power generating device generating electric power.