Patent attributes
The present invention relates, in part, to a wave powered electrical generator having a core electrically generating component that spins in one direction with the rise and fall of a wave. In certain aspects, it includes an apparatus, system, and method for converting wave energy into electricity. The apparatus includes a housing; an inner core within the housing that rotates in at least one direction; a first set of electrically conductive wire coils coupled to a peripheral wall of the inner core; a second set of electrically conductive wire coils adjacent to the inner core; a plurality of sliding elements coupled to a housing wall and slidable along a least a portion of the housing wall; and a buoy coupled to the sliding elements on an external side of the housing.