ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,146, issued on July 21, was assigned to RCAM Technologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Converting wave motion into electrical energy" was invented by Jason Rust Cotrell (Boulder, Colo.), Eduardo Rangel (Boulder, Colo.) and Mason James Bell (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a general aspect, a system is described for converting wave motion into electrical energy. The system may include a support structure formed of layers of cementitious material that define respective ridge surfaces on an exterior surface of the support structure. The system may also include a wave energy converter supported by the support structure an...