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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Shunichi Ikesue, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yasunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Ohta, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wave power generator that can efficiently perform power generation in response to ocean-wave periods, which are waves of varying period, is provided. A vibration receiving portion that is provided in a float floating at a wave surface and that performs power generation by means of vibrations exerted thereon; a mass body that applies a mass loading on the vibration receiving portion from above; a plurality of elastic members that support the mass body in series; and a plurality of locking mechanisms that restrict/release the motion of the plurality of elastic members are provided.