Energy conversion device, associated systems and methods
AssigneeGIG Energy LLC
InventorsJon Woodward, Craig Allan Coad, Hal Parks
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Abstract
An energy conversion device may include a shaft including a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion of the shaft is configured to rotate relative to the second portion of the shaft. A rotor may be coupled to the first portion of the shaft and a stator may be coupled to the second portion of the shaft. A first one-way bearing may be coupled to the first portion of the shaft and configured to transfer rotational input to the first portion of the shaft in a first direction. A second one-way bearing may be coupled to the second portion of the shaft and configured to transfer rotational input to the second portion of the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Claims20
An energy conversion device comprising:
- a shaft including a first portion extending from a central interface in a first lateral direction and a second portion extending from the central interface in a second lateral direction wherein the first portion of the shaft is configured to rotate relative to the second portion of the shaft;
- a rotor coupled to the first portion of the shaft proximate the central interface;
- a stator coupled to the second portion of the shaft proximate the central interface;
- the first portion of the shaft configured to transfer a first rotational input to the rotor in a first direction;
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- the second portion of the shaft configured to transfer a second rotational input to the stator in a second direction opposite the first direction.
A rotational assembly comprising:
- a shaft, the shaft including a central interface, a first portion extending in a first axial direction away from the central interface, the first portion axially aligned with a second portion extending in a second opposite axial direction from the central interface, wherein the first portion is configured to rotate relative to the second portion;
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- a first input arm operatively coupled to the shaft through at least two gearing mechanisms configured to transmit force to the shaft in one direction and not in a second opposite direction, wherein a first gearing mechanism is coupled to the first portion of the shaft and positioned in a first direction and a second gearing mechanism is coupled to the second portion of the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction.
A generator comprising:
- a shaft including a central interface, a first portion extending in a first axial direction from the central interface and a second portion extending in a second opposite axial direction from the central interface wherein the first portion of the shaft is configured to rotate relative to the second portion of the shaft;
- a rotor coupled to the first portion of the shaft proximate the central interface;
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- a stator coupled to the second portion of the shaft proximate the central interface;
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- wherein the shaft is configured to receive a rotational input in a first direction into the first portion of the shaft and a rotational input in a second direction into the second portion of the shaft, where the rotational input in the second direction is in a rotational direction opposite the rotational input in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.