US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Wave hammer generator" (Hawaii Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,106, issued on June 30.

"Wave hammer generator" was invented by Michael Newgent (Kapaa, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wave hammer generator converts wave energy into mechanical energy. The wave hammer generator is positioned adjacent a water source with wave energy. As waves pass under a float, a vertical arm is moved by the wave energy. The energy transferred into the vertical arm may be transferred to other mechanisms that drive a weight ("the hammer") upward. The kinetic energy of the weight falling back toward gravity is then captured and transferred to an output."

The patent was filed on Feb. 2, 2025, under Applicatio...