Folding wave-energy-harvesting mechanism for generating electricity to power an underwater vehicle

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PATENT NO 12037094
APP PUB NO 20230060419A1
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17881608

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A folding wave-energy-harvesting mechanism for an underwater vehicle includes an underwater-vehicle main body and a wave-energy-harvesting-device main body. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body includes a hydrofoil assembly and a yaw assembly. The first state of the hydrofoil assembly is a folding state, and the second state is an unfolding state. The first state of the yaw assembly is the folding state, and the second state is the unfolding state. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body further includes a driving assembly and an energy-storage assembly. The driving assembly is configured to switch the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly in the first state and the second state to each other. The energy-storage assembly is configured to store the wave energy harvested by the hydrofoil assembly. When the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly unfold, the hydrofoil assembly increases the efficient area for wave-energy harvesting.

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SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITYSHANGHAI 200240

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Chen, Weixing Shanghai, CN 34 453
Gao, Feng Shanghai, CN 442 4877
Li, Shaoxun Shanghai, CN 1 1
Lu, Yunfei Shanghai, CN 6 28
Zhang, Weidong Shanghai, CN 141 867

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