US Patent Issued to Mathers Hydraulics Technologies on June 17 for "Power amplification, storage and regeneration system and method using tides, waves and/or wind" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,710, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mathers Hydraulics Technologies Pty Ltd (Bridgeman Downs, Australia).

"Power amplification, storage and regeneration system and method using tides, waves and/or wind" was invented by Norman Ian Mathers (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and apparatuses including systems and methods that can be used for operating a water turbine such as along one or more flow channels of a tidal estuary for power generation is disclosed. The water turbine can be positioned within the one or more flow channels and can be turned by the flow of the water from the estuary."

The pat...