ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,106, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to WAVE POWER GENIUSES LLC (Kemah, Texas).
"Wave powered generator device and system" was invented by Shawn Michael Johnson (Rockport, Texas), Joseph Pandak (Kemah, Texas) and Ernest Fontenot (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The wave powered generator device and system provides a system for generating electricity using wave energy. The force exerted on the float body by the waves moves the float body in two directions, up and down. The float body aligns toothed rails with rail gears that drive the PTO. The toothed rails secured to the float body travel vertically in relation to the ra...