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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Charles P Marsh, Urbana, IL (US);
Axy Pagan-Vazquez, Champaign, IL (US);
Carl A Feickert, Champaign, IL (US);
Aaron Averbuch, Champaign, IL (US);
Meredith C. K. Sellers, Newark, CA (US);
Christopher Joel Foster, Champaign, IL (US);
Scott M. Lux, Urbana, IL (US);
Justin Hesterberg, Waterloo, IL (US);
Andy Friedl, Boston, MA (US);
John Alexander Magerko, III, Monument, CO (US);
The United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a fluid power generator with elastic tension gradient strips that move in a serpentine fashion to generate power from fluid flow. Each strip has a tension gradient that decreases going back. This allows steady serpentine movement of the strip to move a coil generator across multiple magnets to generate power. Tensioning tubes keep the strips under tension and attach the strips to a strip support that also supports a magnet holder. The magnet holder keeps the magnets in position within the coil generators so that any serpentine movement of the strip can generate power.