Reciprocal Hydraulic Cylinder and Power Generation System
AssigneeJohn Russell Finley
InventorJohn Russell Finley
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Abstract
A hydraulic cylinder is provided. The hydraulic cylinder includes a casing with a longitudinal axis defined therethrough, a first fluid inlet defined in the casing, a second fluid inlet defined in the casing, a first fluid outlet defined in the casing, a second fluid outlet defined in the casing, a shaft extending along the longitudinal axis, a first switching valve mounted to the shaft, a second switching valve mounted to the shaft, and a piston mounted to the shaft between the first switching valve and the second switching valve, wherein the hydraulic cylinder is configured such that when a fluid is supplied to the first and second fluid inlets, the shaft, the first and second switching valves, and the piston oscillate back and forth along the longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A hydraulic cylinder comprising:
- a casing with a longitudinal axis defined therethrough;
- a first fluid inlet defined in said casing;
- a second fluid inlet defined in said casing;
- a first fluid outlet defined in said casing;
- a second fluid outlet defined in said casing;
- a shaft extending along the longitudinal axis;
- a first switching valve mounted to said shaft;
- a second switching valve mounted to said shaft;
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- a piston mounted to said shaft between said first switching valve and said second switching valve, wherein said hydraulic cylinder is configured such that when a fluid is supplied to said first and second fluid inlets, said shaft, said first and second switching valves, and said piston oscillate back and forth along the longitudinal axis.
A method for generating power, said method comprising:
- providing input power to a hydraulic cylinder from an input device, the hydraulic cylinder including a casing, a first fluid inlet defined in the casing, a second fluid inlet defined in the casing, a first fluid outlet defined in the casing, a second fluid outlet defined in the casing, a shaft extending along the longitudinal axis, a first switching valve mounted to the shaft, a second switching valve mounted to the shaft, and a piston mounted to the shaft between the first switching valve and the second switching valve;
- driving the hydraulic cylinder using the input power such that the shaft, the first and second switching valves, and the piston oscillate back and forth along the longitudinal axis to generate an output power;
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- providing the output power to an output device.
A power generation system comprising:
- an input device;
- a hydraulic cylinder configured to receive input power from said input device, said hydraulic cylinder comprising:
- a casing having a longitudinal axis;
- a pair of fluid inlets defined in said casing;
- a pair of fluid outlets defined in said casing;
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- a shaft extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein said hydraulic cylinder is configured such that when a fluid is supplied to said pair of fluid inlets, said shaft oscillates back and forth along the longitudinal axis to generate an output power;
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- an output device configured to receive the output power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.