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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Martin D. Ruse, Gloucester, MA (US);
Kenneth J. Leblanc, Gloucester, MA (US);
Martin D. Ruse, Gloucester, MA (US);
Kenneth J. LeBlanc, Gloucester, MA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides rocking motion charging device using Faraday's principle. The rocking motion charging device features at least three rocking devices for generating electricity and a gimbaled disk or member coupled to the at least three rocking devices, responsive to a rocking motion, for moving in two dimensions to generate the electricity. The at least three rocking devices may include pivots, linkage or both for pivotally coupling to the gimbaled disk or member; include magnets that pass through stationary coils due to the rocking motion of the gimbaled disk or member and generate electricity due to Faraday's principle; include four rocking devices that are equi-spaced with respect to one another; include one or more devices to store the electricity, including batteries or capacitors; or some combination thereof. The two dimensions include movement both forwards and backwards and side-to-side, including movement caused by the rocking motion of a marine vessel.