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Autonomously operated buoys with power generation and power usage control

  • US 20120248865A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2011
  • Published: 10/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus, intended to be deployed in a body of water, including:

  • (a) a payload comprised of a multiplicity of different electronic and electromechanical loads and (b) a wave energy converter (WEC) system responsive to the amplitude of waves in said body of water for producing electrical power at an output power port for powering the payload, said apparatus comprising;

    switch means coupled between the output power port and selected ones of the different loads; and

    control means responsive to the electric power being produced for controlling the switch means and the amount of power supplied to, and consumed by, the loads.

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