HINGE SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICULATED WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM
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    发明申请
    HINGE SYSTEM FOR AN ARTICULATED WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM 有权
    铰链式能量转换系统的铰链系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160273513A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US15069353

    申请日:2016-03-14

    申请人: Murtech, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F03B13/18 F16C11/06

    摘要: A hinge system and method for an Articulated Wave Energy Conversion System (AWECS) that provides for hinge and piston pump displacements due to multi-axis forces in allowing adjacent barges of the AWECS to pivot with respect to one another due to wave motion. The hinge system uses a plurality of parallel hinges, and axle segments, coupled between adjacent barges wherein the hinges are coupled to upright trusses positioned transversely along facing edges of each barge. Hinge bracing includes lower V-shaped struts that act as lower stops when the barges pitch up and also include upper struts that act as upper stops when the barges pitch down. The pumps are positioned in parallel. The pumps have special couplings such as ball joint couplings that permit motions other than longitudinal pump/ram motions due to multi-axis forces generated by the wave motion and thus provide omni-directional stress relief to the pumps.

    摘要翻译: 铰接系统和铰接式能量转换系统(AWECS)的方法,其提供由于多轴力引起的铰链和活塞泵位移,允许AWECS的相邻驳船由于波浪运动而相对于彼此枢转。 铰链系统使用联接在相邻驳船之间的多个平行铰链和轴段,其中铰链联接到横向于每个驳船的相对边缘定位的直立桁架。 铰链支撑包括较低的V形支柱,当驳船俯仰时,其作为下部挡块,并且还包括当驳船俯仰时作为上挡块的上支柱。 泵平行定位。 这些泵具有特殊的联轴器,例如由于由波浪运动产生的多轴力,允许不同于纵向泵/压头运动的运动,从而为泵提供全向的应力释放。

    Hinge system for an articulated wave energy conversion system

    公开(公告)号:US10508640B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15692718

    申请日:2017-08-31

    申请人: Murtech, Inc.

    摘要: A hinge system and method for an Articulated Wave Energy Conversion System (AWECS) that provides for hinge and piston pump displacements due to multi-axis forces in allowing adjacent barges of the AWECS to pivot with respect to one another due to wave motion. The hinge system uses a plurality of parallel hinges, and axle segments, coupled between adjacent barges wherein the hinges are coupled to upright trusses positioned transversely along facing edges of each barge. Hinge bracing includes lower V-shaped struts that act as lower stops when the barges pitch up and also include upper struts that act as upper stops when the barges pitch down. The pumps are positioned in parallel. The pumps have special couplings such as ball joint couplings that permit motions other than longitudinal pump/ram motions due to multi-axis forces generated by the wave motion and thus provide omni-directional stress relief to the pumps.

    Hinge system for an articulated wave energy conversion system

    公开(公告)号:US09702334B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-11

    申请号:US15069353

    申请日:2016-03-14

    申请人: Murtech, Inc.

    摘要: A hinge system and method for an Articulated Wave Energy Conversion System (AWECS) that provides for hinge and piston pump displacements due to multi-axis forces in allowing adjacent barges of the AWECS to pivot with respect to one another due to wave motion. The hinge system uses a plurality of parallel hinges, and axle segments, coupled between adjacent barges wherein the hinges are coupled to upright trusses positioned transversely along facing edges of each barge. Hinge bracing includes lower V-shaped struts that act as lower stops when the barges pitch up and also include upper struts that act as upper stops when the barges pitch down. The pumps are positioned in parallel. The pumps have special couplings such as ball joint couplings that permit motions other than longitudinal pump/ram motions due to multi-axis forces generated by the wave motion and thus provide omni-directional stress relief to the pumps.