US Patent Issued to Ocean Harvesting Technologies on Oct. 27 for "Buoy, wave energy converter comprising such buoy and method of manufacturing a buoy" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,694, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ocean Harvesting Technologies AB (Karlskrona, Sweden).

"Buoy, wave energy converter comprising such buoy and method of manufacturing a buoy" was invented by Mikael Sidenmark (Listerby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buoy for a wave energy converter system comprises an attachment portion and a plurality of buoyancy block assemblies supported by support portions. By providing the support portions so that they form an integral support structure, an improved buoy design is provided which is easier to manufacture and which exhibits reduced weight and improved durability. A wave energy conve...