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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Shinji Hiejima, Okayama, JP;
Kenichi Hayashi, Tamano, JP;
Inventors:
Shinji Hiejima, Okayama, JP;
Kenichi Hayashi, Tamano, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/10 (2006.01); H02K 35/02 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F03B 17/061 (2013.01); H02K 35/02 (2013.01); F05B 2210/16 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The dynamo of the present invention is provided in the flow field of a fluid, and has: a columnar oscillating body, one end of the oscillating body being supported in the flow field of the fluid by a shaft that is parallel to the flow direction of the fluid, and the oscillating body being moved reciprocally by self-excited oscillation about the shaft; and an electricity generation unit for generating electrical energy in response to the reciprocal oscillation of the oscillating body.