Patent ID: 7735322

Claim:
An ocean thermal energy conversion assembly comprising: a ship having a lower part and a top deck, a plurality of chambers defined in the lower part, a plurality of support tubes connected between the lower part and the top deck so as to define an open space, at least one passage defined through the lower part and an annular connection portion connected to a top of the passage, an outlet pipe connected an inside of the at least one passage; an annular connector located at a lower end of the at least one passage and a plurality of rods extending from a top of the annular connector, the rods pivotably connected to the annular connection portion, a transmission pipe connected to an underside of the annular connector, a hollow damper connected to an outer periphery of the annular connector and liquid received in the hollow damper, an outer periphery of the hollow damper engaged with an inner periphery of a bottom opening defined in a lower end of the passage, and; a top cover engaged with and sealing a top opening of the passage, a wave-elimination way defined in an inside of the top cover and having a first end communicating with an outlet pipe on an outside of the passage, the wave-elimination way communicating with a plurality of holes defined in the top cover and the holes communicating with the wave-elimination way.