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US 2020/0055581 A1Published application
Energy transforming device and method of transforming energy
AssigneeTeknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
InventorAntonio Sánchez-Caja
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AssigneeTeknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy
InventorAntonio Sánchez-Caja
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According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a marine propulsion system (1) comprising a first portion (4) and a second portion (5) of a set of movable foils, a movement mechanism (2) coupled to the first portion (4) and the second portion (5) of the set of movable foils and configured to simultaneously control a motion of the first portion (4) and the second portion (5) of the set of foils along a closed first trajectory (6) comprising a first direction (17) and a second direction (18) which is different than the first direction (17), and a pitch mechanism (3) coupled to the first portion (4) and the second portion (5) of the set of movable foils and configured to control a pitch angle (π) of the first portion (4) and the second portion (5) of the set of movable foils, and wherein the pitch angle (π) of at least a part of the second portion (5) of the set of foils is dependent on an incoming fluid flow (vx), the motion of the second portion (5) of the set of foils, and a flow (vind) induced by at least a part of the first portion (4) of the set of foils.
A marine propulsion system comprising:
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A method of propelling a vessel, the method comprising:
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer implementable instructions capable of causing a computing device, in connection with a first portion and a second portion of a set of movable foils, a movement mechanism coupled to the first portion and the second portion of the set of movable foils and configured to simultaneously control a motion of the first portion and the second portion of the set of foils along a closed first trajectory comprising a first direction and a second direction which is different than the first direction, a pitch mechanism coupled to the first portion and the second portion of the set of movable foils and configured to control a pitch motion of the first portion of the set of movable foils, to create thrust by driving the foils along the first trajectory utilizing the movement mechanism guiding the foils along the first trajectory utilizing the movement mechanism, and wherein the pitch angle of at least a part of the second portion of the set of foils is controlled dependent on the incoming fluid flow, the motion of the second portion the set of foils, and a flow induced by at least a part of the first portion of the set of foils.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.