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Device for collecting swell energy

US8497593B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 16, 2009
Grant dateJul 30, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for collecting swell energy that comprises a float, a turbine mounted under the float and adapted for moving relative to the float when the float is moved by the swell, and a power generator driven by the turbine. The turbine is rotatingly mounted about a vertical rotation axis, so that a tilting motion of the float always results in a torque applied onto the turbine in a single predetermined rotation direction.

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