Patent ID: 8664789
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F03B,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A wave-power unit for the production of electric power and comprising a floating body arranged for floating on the sea and an electric linear generator having a stator and a translator reciprocating along a center axis, the stator being arranged to be anchored in the bed of a sea and the translator being connected to the floating body by flexible connection means, wherein the wave-power unit includes a guiding device comprising a hollow body having an axial extension and lower and upper openings, the upper opening being larger than the lower opening and both openings being smaller than the axial extension of the hollow body, the connection means being arranged to pass through the lower opening and the upper opening of the guiding device, the portion of the connection means momentarily being located between said openings being defined as the guided portion, the lower opening being arranged such that the guided portion adjacent the lower opening is aligned with said center axis and the upper opening being arranged such that the guided portion adjacent the upper opening is allowed to form an angle with the center axis.