US Patent Issued to City University of Hong Kong on July 8 for "Omnidirectional omni-frequency wave energy converter" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,233, issued on July 8, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Omnidirectional omni-frequency wave energy converter" was invented by Jasim Mohamed Jasim Mohamed Almardi (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Walid Daoud (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A WEC which includes a housing, a stator which is fixed to the housing, a rotor movable to the stator, and an oscillating mass connected to the rotor. The oscillating mass is adapted to oscillate as a result of tilting and horizontal movements of the housing. The oscillating mass is further adapted to rotate along with the rotor. A friction generated betw...