Patent ID: 9683543
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F03B,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A wave activated power generating device, comprising: a main support frame having a first hollow interior space; a buoy vertically positioned to rise and fall relative to motion of waves impacting the buoy and the main support frame, the buoy being formed with a second hollow interior space; a rack and pinion structure operatively connected between the buoy and the main support frame such that a pinion element of the rack and pinion structure generates rotating torque by moving along a rack element in response to the buoy rising and falling by the wave motion; a power generator unit operative connected to the rack and pinion structure to generate electricity in response to rotating torque generated by the pinion element, wherein the rack element is fixedly connected to at least one vertical surface inside the second hollow interior space of the buoy, and the pinion element is fixedly mounted on a pinion support frame fixedly mounted to the main support frame to extend into the second hollow interior space of the buoy and operatively positioned to movably interconnect with the rack element as the buoy rises and falls along the first hollow interior space of the main support frame; and a unit float structure including at least one hollow unit float, an air compressor, an air tank operatively connected between the at least one hollow unit float and the air compressor, a compressed air control valve connected between the air tank and the at least one hollow unit float, a float air valve connected to the at least one hollow unit float to controllably release air from the at least one hollow unit float, and a seawater valve connected to the at least one hollow float to controllably introduce seawater into the at least one hollow unit float, wherein the unit float structure includes first and second hollow unit floats, the air tank is operatively connected between each of the first and second hollow unit floats and the air compressor, a compressed air control valve is connected between the air tank and each of the first and second hollow unit floats, each of the first and second hollow unit floats includes a float air valve, each of the first and second hollow unit floats includes a seawater valve, a plurality of balance weights connected to and symmetrically positioned around the wave activated power generation device, and a gyroscope device operatively connected to control operation of each of the compressed air control valve, the float air valves and the seawater valves in response to an inclination of the wave activated power generation device while floating.