Apparatus and Method for Converting Movement into Energy
AssigneeMathclick Limited
InventorMichele Grassi
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Abstract
Apparatus for converting movement into energy, comprising a buoyant or floating body fully (1,9,11) submerged in a fluid medium. The buoyant body is supported in the fluid by a buoyancy or similar force acting in a first direction. A connecting or mooring line connects the buoyant body (1,9,11) to a pivot point displaced from the buoyant body in the direction from which the buoyancy or similar force acts on the buoyant body, and formed by a counter-weight (2). The apparatus also includes at least one power or energy take-off line (3) separate from the connecting or mooring line to convert movement of the buoyant body into energy.
Claims27
Apparatus for converting movement into energy, comprising:
- a buoyant or floating body fully submerged in a fluid medium, the buoyant body being supported in the fluid by a buoyancy or similar force acting in a first direction,
- a connecting or mooring line connecting the buoyant body to a pivot point displaced from the buoyant body in the direction from which the buoyancy or similar force acts on the buoyant body, wherein the connecting or mooring line connects the buoyant body to a counterweight which forms the pivot at the pivot point, and the apparatus also includes
- at least one power or energy take-off line separate from the connecting or mooring line to convert movement of the buoyant body into energy.
Method for converting movement into energy, including the steps of:
- providing a buoyant or floating body fully submerged in a fluid medium, the buoyant body being supported in the fluid by a buoyancy or similar force acting in a first direction,
- providing a connecting or mooring line connecting the buoyant body to a pivot point displaced from the buoyant body in the direction from which the buoyancy or similar force acts on the buoyant body, wherein the connecting or mooring line connects the buoyant body to a counterweight which forms the pivot at the pivot point, and
- providing at least one power or energy take-off line connected to the buoyant body and separate from the connecting or mooring line to convert movement of the buoyant body into energy.
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