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Wave energy converter

  • US 8,264,093 B2
  • Filed: 07/09/2007
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tension mooring system for an apparatus for converting ocean wave energy into a more usable form, the apparatus having a structure with a submerged member provided in connection therewith below a mean water level, the mooring system comprising:

  • an elongate flexible member extending from a ballast means through a counterbalancing means, the counterbalancing means being suspended from the submerged member by the elongate flexible member via a pulley mechanism; and

    a dampening means for applying a dampening action to the motion of the submerged member, the dampening means applying the dampening action to the elongate flexible member via the pulley mechanism.

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