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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiko Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/04 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 15/00 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/04 (2013.01); F03B 15/00 (2013.01); F03B 17/061 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F05B 2240/50 (2013.01); F05B 2260/90 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water flow power generator includes a nacelle, a vane wheel that is disposed so as to be rotatable relative to the nacelle, and that is rotated by a water flow while including a plurality of blades, a power generator that is disposed inside the nacelle, and that generates electric power by using rotating power transmitted from the vane wheel, and a vane wheel rotation stopping mechanism that is disposed in the nacelle, that includes a rod which can enter the inside of a rotational trajectory of the vane wheel, and that stops the rotation of the vane wheel.