发明授权
- 专利标题: Thermal energy scavenger (flow control)
- 专利标题(中): 热能清除剂(流量控制)
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申请号: US111810申请日: 1980-01-14
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公开(公告)号: US4306415A公开(公告)日: 1981-12-22
- 发明人: Peter A. Hochstein , William L. Pringle , Harold W. Milton, Jr.
- 申请人: Peter A. Hochstein , William L. Pringle , Harold W. Milton, Jr.
- 专利权人: Hochstein Peter A,Pringle William L,Milton Jr Harold W
- 当前专利权人: Hochstein Peter A,Pringle William L,Milton Jr Harold W
- 主分类号: F03G7/06
- IPC分类号: F03G7/06
摘要:
A thermal energy scavenger assembly including a plurality of temperature-sensitive wires made of material which exhibits shape memory due to a thermoelastic, martensitic phase transformation. The wires are placed in tension between fixed and movable plates which are, in turn, supported by a pair of wheels which are rotatably supported by a housing for rotation about a central axis. A pair of upper and lower cams are fixed to the housing and cam followers react with the respective cams. Each cam transmits forces through a pair of hydraulic pistons. One of the pistons is connected to a movable plate to which one end of the wires are connected whereby a stress is applied to the wires to strain the wires during a first phase and whereby the cam responds to the unstraining of the wires during a second phase. A housing defines fluid compartments through which hot and cold fluid passes and flows radially through the wires whereby the wires become unstrained and shorten in length when subjected to the hot fluid for causing a reaction between the cam followers and the cams to effect rotation of the wheels about the central axis of the assembly, which rotation of the wheels is extracted through beveled gearing. The wires are grouped into a plurality of independent modules with each module having a movable plate, a fixed plate and the associated hydraulic pistons and cam follower. The hydraulic pistons and cam follower of a module are disposed at ends of the wires opposite from the ends of the wires at which the same components of the next adjacent modules are disposed so that the cam followers of alternate modules react with one of the cams and the remaining cam followers of the remaining modules react with the other cam. There is also including stress limiting means in the form of coil springs associated with alternate ends of the wires for limiting the stress or strain in the wires.
公开/授权文献
- US5424837A Tube diameter measuring apparatus and method 公开/授权日:1995-06-13
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