ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,746, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD. (Richmond, Canada).
"Variable volume plenum for wave generation" was invented by Clement Ginestet (Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France) and Axel Terradillos (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable volume plenum for use in a wave pool comprising at least one wave generating chamber in pneumatic communication with a plenum. The plenum is configured to have a variable volume such that when the pressure increases in the plenum, the variable volume plenum will increase in volume, and when pressure drops in the plenum, the variable volume plenum will re...