US 12,168,969 B2
Current energy collection unit
Mauricio Otaviano de Queiroz, Praia Grande (BR)
Appl. No. 17/995,328
Filed by Mauricio Otaviano de Queiroz, Praia Grande (BR)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/BR2021/050111
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/203183, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. BR 10 2020 007224.2 (BR), filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026853 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 3/04 (2006.01); F03B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/26 (2013.01) [F03B 3/04 (2013.01); F03B 11/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A current energy collector unit comprising:
an enclosure comprising an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall comprising:
a first inner wall portion that defines a load compartment, and
a second inner wall portion that is continuous with and downstream of the first inner wall portion and defines a working compartment, wherein:
the first inner wall portion is inwardly tapered from an upstream end of the inner wall to the second inner wall portion, and
the second inner wall portion is cylindrical; and
a turbine, an entirety of which is located in the working compartment defined by the cylindrical second inner wall portion, the turbine comprising:
a hub, and
a plurality of blades that extend from the hub and that, when the turbine is viewed in an axial direction from an upstream side, collectively cover an entirety of a circular area defined by outer edges of the blades.