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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Shigeto Adachi, Takasago, JP;
Masayoshi Matsumura, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Narukawa, Takasago, JP;
Kazuo Takahashi, Takasago, JP;
Shigeto Adachi, Takasago, JP;
Masayoshi Matsumura, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Narukawa, Takasago, JP;
Kazuo Takahashi, Takasago, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A power generation apparatus includes a housing that contains a driving unit of the expander within a space enclosed by a partition wall, and a magnetic coupling that is divided between the inside and outside of the housing through the partition wall and that transmits the rotational driving force of the expander to the exterior of the housing. The magnetic coupling includes driving-side magnets and slave-side magnets, and first and second magnetic path formation members respectively magnetically connect the driving-side magnets and also the slave-side magnets.