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US 11,421,645 B1Granted
Kinetic energy capture, storage, and conversion device
OwnerLoubert S. Suddabyinventor
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Abstract
An energy capture, storage, and conversion device, including a housing, a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing, a stator fixedly secured to the housing and concentrically arranged around the rotor, a spring arranged in the housing and connected to the rotor, and an oscillating weight assembly operatively arranged in the housing to wind the spring.
Claims12
An energy capture, storage, and conversion device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing;
- a stator fixedly secured to the housing and concentrically arranged around the rotor;
- a spring arranged in the housing and connected to the rotor;
- and,
- an oscillating weight assembly operatively arranged in the housing to wind the spring, the oscillating weight assembly including:
- an oscillating weight;
- a shaft connected to the spring;
- a gear non-rotatably connected to the shaft;
- an arm pivotably connected to the oscillating weight, the arm operatively arranged to displace the shaft in a first circumferential direction, wherein the arm comprises:
- a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion, the first portion and the second portion are engaged with the gear to displace the shaft only in the first circumferential direction.
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An energy capture, storage, and conversion device, comprising:
- a housing operatively arranged to float in water;
- a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing;
- a stator fixedly secured to the housing and concentrically arranged around the rotor;
- a case rotatably arranged in the housing, the case being non-rotatably connected to the rotor;
- a coil spring including a distal end connected to the case and a proximal end;
- and,
- an oscillating weight assembly arranged in the housing, the oscillating weight assembly being connected to the proximal end and operatively arranged to wind the spring, the oscillating weight assembly including:
- an oscillating weight;
- a plurality of gears including a first plurality of teeth and a second plurality of teeth;
- a shaft connected to the spring;
- a first pawl connected to the oscillating weight and operatively arranged to engage the first plurality of teeth to displace the shaft in a first circumferential direction;
- and,
- a second pawl connected to the oscillating weight and operatively arranged to engage the second plurality of teeth to displace the shaft in the first circumferential direction.
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An energy capture, storage, and conversion device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing;
- a stator fixedly secured to the housing and concentrically arranged around the rotor;
- a spring arranged in the housing and connected to the rotor;
- and,
- an oscillating weight assembly operatively arranged in the housing to wind the spring, the oscillating weight assembly including:
- an oscillating weight;
- a shaft connected to the spring;
- an arm pivotably connected to the oscillating weight, the arm operatively arranged to displace the shaft in a first circumferential direction;
- a reciprocating element pivotably connected to the arm;
- and,
- a chain non-rotatably connecting the reciprocating element to the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.