ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,564, issued on March 31, was assigned to FOI Group LLC (Dallas).
"Water wave energy harvester" was invented by David M. Munson Jr. (Dallas) and David S. Flatt (Forney, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wave energy harvester includes an elongated coupler that extends horizontally above a body of water. The coupler includes a conveyor that translates along its length. Disposed on the conveyor a plurality of vanes that, when between the coupler and the water, are contacted by the peaks of waves passing beneath the coupler, resulting in the translation of the vanes and the conveyor. Translation of the conveyor rotates an output tha...