Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined marine hydrokinetic energy harvesting from currents and waves
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Application No.: US18128293Application Date: 2023-03-30
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Publication No.: US11994096B2Publication Date: 2024-05-28
- Inventor: Michael M. Bernitsas , Stergios I. Liapis
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN , Vortex Hydro Power LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,Vortex Hydro Power LLC
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,Vortex Hydro Power LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor; US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F03B17/06
- IPC: F03B17/06 ; F03B13/16 ; F03B13/26
Abstract:
A VIVACE converter to harness energy from currents as well as from waves— that is, the present teachings provide a method and apparatus to collect energy from both currents and waves—using the same physical components. The present teachings are particularly useful in that either currents and/or waves may exist on their own nearly everywhere in the oceans and frequently coexist.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230358205A1 COMBINED MARINE HYDROKINETIC ENERGY HARVESTING FROM CURRENTS AND WAVES Public/Granted day:2023-11-09
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