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US 2013/0199171 A1Published application
Wave Power Assembly
AssigneeMahala Power Co. Ltd.
InventorChristoph Hendrik Brink
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Abstract
A wave power buoy assembly for underwater installation having a tensile member with an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end, a buoy attached to the upper end of the tensile member and a friction coupling attached to the lower end of the tensile member for installing the tensile member to a driveshaft of an electrical generator, such that when installed on the driveshaft, the frictional coupler rotationally engages the shaft upon tensioning of the tensile member and disengages the driveshaft upon relief of tension of the tensile member.
Claims19
A wave power buoy assembly which includes:
- a tensile member having an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end;
- a buoy attached to the operatively upper end of the tensile member;
- a torque lever attached to the operatively lower end of the tensile member;
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- a friction coupling defining a pivot, the friction coupling being rigidly connected to the torque lever for annular installation of the coupling on a driveshaft of an electrical generator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.