ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,025, issued on May 6, was assigned to JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Jiangsu, China).
"Floating platform integrating wave attenuation with marine energy power generation and working method thereof" was invented by Yong Cheng (Jiangsu, China), Yinong Hu (Jiangsu, China) and Chunyan Ji (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a floating platform integrating wave attenuation with marine energy power generation and a working method thereof, the platform includes a breakwater, a tuned damping wave energy converter, and an offshore floating wind turbine. The breakwater includes double-cylindrical-boxes and...