Patent ID: 7420287

Claim:
A device for transforming outer intermittent forces energy into electric power especially usable for sea wave energy conversion, comprising at least one section including: an inductor means for providing a changing magnetic flux within a predetermined space, said inductor means comprising a plurality of substantially identical permanent magnets equably distant from each other, mounted on at least one inductor core capable to conduct said magnetic flux, each two neighboring magnets so positioned that coupled with said at least one inductor core in the opposite magnetic polarity; an armature means for inducing electric current in response to the changing magnetic flux within the predetermined space and comprising at least one armature core, capable to conduct said magnetic flux, said at least one armature core including a plurality of teeth, with a predetermined length equal for all the teeth, equably distant from each other, a plurality of electro-conductive coils with a predetermined length equal for all the coils, wound on said at least one armature core so that each said coil positioned between any two neighboring teeth, the sum of the lengths of one of said teeth and one said coil constituting an armature step; the number of the magnets capable to be substantially fully placed within the armature step length equal to an odd number; and said inductor means capable to be engaged in a movement relatively to said armature means along a direction.