ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,027, issued on May 27, was assigned to Aqua Satellite Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Methods for harnessing wave energy" was invented by Matthew DeVore Weaver (Aptos, Calif.), George Edward Homsy (Mount Shasta, Calif.) and Travis Leland Manderson (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for harnessing wave energy includes providing a vehicle to a body of water, the vehicle. The method includes submerging the vehicle to a depth in the body of water. The method includes operating the motor-generator of the vehicle in the first quadrant of the motor-generator. The method includes detecting a phase of a wave in the body of w...