US 12,454,935 B2
Float apparatus for harnessing wave energy
Nathaniel Brooks, Juneau, AK (US)
Filed by Nathaniel Brooks, Juneau, AK (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/754,669.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/511,510, filed on Jul. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0043764 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. F03B 13/00 (2006.01); F03B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/1865 (2013.01) [F05B 2220/7068 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A float apparatus for harnessing kinetic energy of waves, the float apparatus comprises:
a float body, the float body has a central tunnel that extends vertically, the central tunnel has at least an opening at a bottom thereof, the float body is configured to remain afloat in water;
an elongate housing disposed within the central tunnel, the elongate housing has a closed top and an open bottom;
a wire coil disposed within the elongate housing,
a bar magnet received within the elongate housing and the wire coil, wherein the bar magnet is configured to freely reciprocate within elongate housing, wherein movement of the bar magnet relative to the wire coil results in generation of current within the wire coil;
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end is coupled to the bar magnet, and the shaft extends from the bottom opening of the elongate housing; and
a ballast, configured to be submerged in water, the distal end of the shaft is coupled to the ballast, the ballast is suspended from the float body by a plurality of elastic cords, wherein the ballast comprises a hollow body, the hollow body has a plurality of holes in a top thereof, wherein water fills into the hollow body through the plurality of holes.