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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Wolfgang Maier, Nattheim, DE;
Inventor:
Wolfgang Maier, Nattheim, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 11/00 (2006.01); F03B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/142 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01); Y02E 10/32 (2013.01); F05B 2240/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, there is provided a wave chamber for a wave power plant having a water inlet opening and an outlet leading to a ventilation channel including an air turbine. The wave chamber includes a free-standing stack of a plurality of chamber segments braced vertically by a large number of traction elements, where the lowest chamber segment of the plurality of chamber segments is associated at least indirectly with a thrust securing system, and where the thrust securing system contains a hollow element for insertion inserted into a bottom of a body of water.