US 12,486,823 B2
Hybrid bifurcating wave energy converter
Blake Boren, Superior, CO (US)
Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/913,175.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/589,767, filed on Oct. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0122860 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. F03B 13/14 (2006.01); F03B 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/14 (2013.01) [F03B 13/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first panel having a first end;
a second panel having a second end; and
a hinge connected to the first end and the second end and comprising a damping device; wherein:
an angle exists between the first panel and the second panel with a vertex at the hinge, a generator is positioned within the hinge,
the angle has a first value and a second value,
the second value is less than the first value,
the damping device configured to return the angle to the first value when an external stimuli results in the first panel changing the angle to the second value, and
the generator is capable of converting changes in the angle from an external stimuli to electrical energy.