Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seaweed (sea-wave electrical energy dynamo)
- Patent Title (中): 海藻(海波电能发电机)
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Application No.: US13065239Application Date: 2011-03-16
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Publication No.: US08692402B1Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Jeffrey John Wessner
- Applicant: Jeffrey John Wessner
- Applicant Address: US CA Point Reyes Station
- Assignee: Jeffrey John Wessner
- Current Assignee: Jeffrey John Wessner
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Point Reyes Station
- Main IPC: F03B13/10
- IPC: F03B13/10

Abstract:
An electrical generator using ocean wave and current forces to spin a turbine mean and alternator connected together by a flexible shaft. An electrical generator that takes its inspiration from a giant kelp plant that bends in wave or current forces thus presenting its turbine blades at the right angle to the force. A resilient flexible turbine generator of small stature resembling an ocean surf zone macrocystus which (instead of float and fronds) has a turbine floating at its top-most end and an alternator anchored to the ocean floor, both connected by a force transmitting flexible shaft. Ecologically friendly, turbo generator designed to be “ganged” into a “forest” of similar devices to harness the forces inherent in ocean waves and currents.
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