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Wave powered electrical generator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6691399
Electrical energy is generated from waves in a body of water employing a support member, buoyant vanes connected to a shaft and rotated by the waves, and a generator coupled to the shaft. Each vane has an elongated slot that the shaft extends through. Cooperating gear teeth around the periphery of the slots and on the shaft cause radial movement of the vanes relative to the shaft during the rotation of the vanes.
Assignee:
EDB-84-137997
Patent Number(s):
US 4421991
OSTI ID:
6691399
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English