| US 7,536,859 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for wave energy harnessing | ||
| Chun-I Tai, No. 377, Fongjia Rd., Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County (Taiwan); Wen-Chung Huang, Fongshan (Taiwan); and Cheng-Hsing Lai, Jhonghe (Taiwan) | ||
| Assigned to Chun-I Tai, Fongshan (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 23, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/18,236. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 96105225 A (TW), filed on Feb. 13, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0190105 A1, Aug. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F03B 13/18 (2006.01); F03B 17/02 (2006.01); F03B 13/10 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 60—497 [60/496; 60/499; 60/507; 290/42; 290/53] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for wave energy harnessing comprising:
at least one slide shaft mounted on a seabed;
a buoyant unit movably engaged with the slide shaft and providing buoyancy;
a reservoir formed at a side of the buoyant unit, with the reservoir comprising an adjusting board moveably engaging within
the reservoir and increasing capacity of the reservoir, with the adjusting board extending in a direction providing an angle
of inclination about sea level;
an energy-transmitting unit mounted on the buoyant unit; and
a rotate unit rotatably engaging with the energy-transmitting unit and connecting to an energy-transforming unit though a
transmission shaft;
wherein, with the buoyant unit sliding along the at least one slide shaft, the energy-transmitting unit rotates the transmission
shaft of the rotate unit and thus the energy-transforming unit generates power.
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