Power plants – Motor having a buoyant working member – Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
Patent
1985-06-03
1986-07-08
Husar, Stephen F.
Power plants
Motor having a buoyant working member
Working member actuated by the rise and fall of a surface of...
60504, 60506, 440 9, F03B 712
Patent
active
045985472
ABSTRACT:
A device is constructed to convert wave energy to drive an output shaft in rotation. The output shaft can be connected to a nautical vehicle propulsion system or to a power generation system. A float rides upon the undulating surface of a body of water and is connected by a float lever arm which extends radially from a rocker shaft that is rotatably mounted in a frame located on a vessel or platform on a body of water. The rocker shaft undergoes reciprocating arcuate movement in response to movement of the float upon the undulating water surface. A pair of unidirectional clutch mechanisms are coupled to the rocker shaft and to a drive shaft which is also rotatably mounted on the frame. The unidirectional clutches are alternatively connected to turn the drive shaft in a single direction of rotation responsive to movement of the rocker shaft in both directions of rotation. A plurality of floats connected through separate clutch mechanisms to a single drive shaft, or to a plurality of drive shafts, may be used to convert kinetic wave motion to useful mechanical energy.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1292303 (1919-01-01), Garwood
patent: 4319454 (1982-03-01), Lucia
Husar Stephen F.
Thomas Charles H.
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