ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,664, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Bardex Corp. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Parametric wave energy, subsea power generation" was invented by Frank Herbert Stapelmann (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for converting wave energy into electricity is provided. The system includes a wave energy mechanical interface, a power take off coupled with the wave energy mechanical interface, and a generator coupled with the power take off. A controller is coupled with the power take off. The controller is configured to regulate impedance of energy transferred from the power take off to the generator."
The patent was filed o...