US Patent Issued to Dehlsen Associates on Nov. 18 for "Two body variable ballast wave energy converter" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,886, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dehlsen Associates LLC (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

"Two body variable ballast wave energy converter" was invented by Alan L. McCall (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-body wave energy converter utilizing a linear, universal modular absorber. A linear module, contains a direct drive linear machine for converting linear mechanical motion into electrical energy. The linear module is connected between two oscillating mechanical bodies, exploiting their relative motion. A wave activated floating body follows the wave motion, while a reaction body is tethered to a mass on the se...