Hydro-wave power energy harnessing device and method of operation thereof
OwnerMirza ALIAHMADinventor
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Abstract
A wave power harnessing device which may include a base configured to support at least one guide opening; first and second shafts which may be situated apart and parallel from each other and to the base; first and second sprockets coupled to the first and second shafts, respectively, the first and second sprockets may each include an overrunning clutch configured to rotate the shaft coupled thereto in a single direction; a force transmitting member (FTM) may be coupled to the first and second sprockets; at least one buoy drive shaft (BUDS) may be coupled to the FTM and to at least one buoy; and/or a generator coupled to at least one of the first and second shafts and which may be configured to generate an electrical power.
Claims20
A wave power harnessing device, comprising:
- a base configured to support at least one guide opening;
- first and second shafts situated apart and parallel from each other and to the base;
- first and second sprockets coupled to the first and second shafts, respectively, the first and second sprockets each having an overrunning clutch configured to rotate the shaft coupled thereto in a single direction;
- a force transmitting member (FTM) coupled to the first and second sprockets;
- at least one buoy drive shaft (BUDS) coupled to the FTM and to at least one buoy;
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- a generator coupled to at least one of the first and second shafts and configured to generate an electrical power.
A wave power harnessing device, comprising:
- at least one buoy drive shaft (BUDS) comprising proximal and distal ends;
- a buoy coupled to the distal end of the at least one BUDS;
- a base including at least one guide for pivotally or telescopically locating at the least one of the at least one BUDS;
- first and second shafts situated apart from, and substantially parallel to, each other and to the base;
- first and second sprockets coupled to first and second shafts, respectively, the first and second sprockets each having an overrunning clutch configured to engage in the same direction;
- a flexible force transmitting member (FTM) coupling the first and second sprockets to each other;
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- a coupler for coupling the FTM to the proximal end of the least one BUDS.
A wave power harnessing device, comprising:
- a base;
- first and second shafts situated apart and parallel from each other and the base;
- first and second sprockets coupled to the first and second shafts, respectively, the first and second sprockets each having an overrunning clutch configured to rotate the shaft coupled thereto in a single direction;
- a flexible force transmitting member (FTM) coupled to the first and second sprockets;
- first and second hydraulic cylinders hydraulically coupled to each other;
- a buoy coupled to the first hydraulic cylinder;
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- a coupler for coupling the FTM to the second hydraulic cylinder such that when the second hydraulic cylinder cycles through an expansion and contraction cycle, the chain may oscillate in two opposite directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.