ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,322, issued on June 3.
"Utility-scale wave energy converters" was invented by Li Lee (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for converting water wave energy into electricity on a utility scale. The device comprises: (1) an oscillating body that effectively responds to waves in all six degrees of freedom: surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, and yaw, (2) a restraining system to prevent the oscillating body from being displaced by steady environmental loads, and (3) a power takeoff system comprising linear generators which are directly driven by the oscillating body to generate electr...