US 12,435,692 B2
Pressure-regulating hydrodynamic pump and wave engine with energy product generation and transport
Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Portland, OR (US); and Brian Lee Moffat, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/967,499.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/608,108, filed on Dec. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0188902 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F03B 13/14 (2006.01); F03B 13/06 (2006.01); F03B 13/22 (2006.01); F03B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/14 (2013.01) [F03B 13/06 (2013.01); F03B 13/145 (2013.01); F03B 13/22 (2013.01); F03B 13/142 (2013.01); F03B 13/24 (2013.01); F05B 2220/32 (2013.01); F05B 2260/60 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating a computational product, the method comprising:
capturing energy from waves of a body of water with a buoyant wave energy converter, the buoyant wave energy converter comprising a hollow buoyant reservoir, an injection tube fluidly coupled to the hollow buoyant reservoir, the injection tube configured to impel water into the hollow buoyant reservoir when a portion of the injection tube oscillates vertically beneath a waterline, a fluid path having an inlet fluidly coupled to an interior of the hollow buoyant reservoir, the fluid path having an outlet, and the fluid path configured to remove water from the hollow buoyant reservoir, a chamber fluidly coupled to the outlet of the fluid path and to the hollow buoyant reservoir, the chamber comprising a fluid drain aperture, an air ingestion pipe coupled to the hollow buoyant reservoir and to the chamber, and an air inlet conduit coupled to the air ingestion pipe; and
using the captured energy to power a computing system coupled to the buoyant wave energy converter to generate the computational product.