US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 23 for "Floating wave energy power generation device with adjustable position pendulum" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,930, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Floating wave energy power generation device with adjustable position pendulum" was invented by Dong Hyun Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Wung Jung (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a renewable energy generator including a roly-poly toy- or capsule-shaped housing floating in the water, a main generator unit, frame(s) fixed internally of the housing at intervals, a main rotation shaft for linking the main generator unit rota...