ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,052, issued on July 29, was assigned to LONE GULL HOLDINGS LTD. (Portland, Ore.).
"Wave energy converter with surface electric grid" was invented by Brian Lee Moffat (Portland, Ore.) and Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy farm comprising an electrical grid through which power generated by the devices in the farm may be combined and transmitted. The electrical grid is formed through the electrical interconnection of devices in a farm through electrical connections that remain, in whole or at least in part, adjacent to the surface of the body of water on which the devices float. A p...