Water wave-type power generating device
OwnerKuo-Chang Huanginventor
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Abstract
A water wave-type power generating device is mounted on a shore, and includes a hub, a power generating unit, a transmitting track unit surrounding and movable relative to the hub along an endless course to generate a rotational force, a rotation transmitting unit coupled with the transmitting track unit and receiving the rotational force to generate the torque that is transmitted to the power generating unit by a torque transmitting unit, and a plurality of wave heading members disposed on the transmitting track unit and each having a heading surface that is subjected to waves of water in a wave ascending direction so as to actuate the movement of the transmitting track unit.
Claims8
A water wave-type power generating device for mounting on a shore, comprising:
- a support unit including a hub which is disposed to have a hub axis thereof parallel to a shoreline;
- a power generating unit disposed on said hub and converting a torque into electric power;
- a transmitting track unit surrounding said hub and movable relative to said hub around the hub axis along an endless course to generate a rotational force;
- a rotation transmitting unit coupled with said transmitting track unit and receiving the rotational force to generate the torque;
- a torque transmitting unit coupled with said rotation transmitting unit and said power generating unit so as to transmit the torque to said power generating unit;
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- an actuating unit including a plurality of wave heading members which are disposed on said transmitting track unit and which are spaced apart from each other along the endless course, each of said wave heading members having a heading surface that is subjected to waves in a wave ascending direction so as to actuate movement of said transmitting track unit along the endless course,
- wherein said support unit includes at least one guiding rail which is securely mounted on the shore, which extends in a wave descending direction and which is inclined downwardly toward a water bottom, and a plurality of guided members which are disposed on said hub and which are movable along said guiding rail to move said hub relative to said guiding rail so as to change a vertical position of said hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.