Force deflection arrangement
OwnerFelix ISAACinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including: a container housing a body immersed in a fluid; at least one actuator configured to cause the body to move within the fluid to deflect about an equilibrium position of the body within the fluid, wherein when the body is not at its equilibrium position, hydrostatic pressure from the fluid acts to cause the body to return to its equilibrium position; and at least one connector connecting the container to an output shaft; wherein when the hydrostatic pressure is acting to cause the body to return to its equilibrium position, the container and the at least one connector are caused to at least partially rotate about an axis, wherein the at least partial rotation causes the output shaft to rotate.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a container housing a body immersed in a fluid;
- at least one actuator configured to cause the body to move within the fluid to deflect about an equilibrium position of the body within the fluid, wherein when the body is not at its equilibrium position, hydrostatic pressure from the fluid acts to cause the body to return to its equilibrium position;
- and
- at least one connector connecting the container to an output shaft;
- wherein when the hydrostatic pressure is acting to cause the body to return to its equilibrium position, the container and the at least one connector are caused to at least partially rotate about an axis, wherein the at least partial rotation causes the output shaft to rotate.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first actuator is associated with first and second solenoids configured to move the first actuator linearly towards and away from the second actuator in different, perpendicular, directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.