What is claimed is:
1. A rotation detecting device for a rotor comprising:
a magnetic detecting means including a first magnetic detecting element for outputting a first signal and a second magnetic detecting element for outputting a second signal;
a pulse signal generating means generating a pulse signal of a positive rotation or a reverse rotation being synchronized with the rotating condition of the rotor based on the first signal and the second signal transmitted from the magnetic detecting means provided opposed to the rotor made of a magnetic material;
a rotating direction determining means for determining a rotating direction of the rotor based on the first signal and the second signal, generating a rotating direction signal based on the first signal and the second signal, and outputting a rotating direction determining signal by switching the rotating direction signal with an external switching signal, wherein the pulse signal generating means generates the pulse signal in response to the rotating direction determining signal.
2. A rotation detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating direction determining means reverses the rotating direction signal by applying a predetermined voltage or an earth voltage to the switching signal.
3. A rotation detecting device according to claim 2, wherein the rotating direction determining means includes a switching element or a fusing element for reversing the rotating direction signal, and the rotating direction determining signal is reversed by the switching element or the fusing element.
4. A rotation detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic detecting means, the pulse signal generating means and the rotating direction determining means are integrated into a chip, and a terminal in which the external switching signal is input is provided at the chip.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device for generating electrical power from fluid flow energy comprising:
a shaft member;
at least one sleeve,
wherein the shaft member passed through the at least one sleeve,
wherein the at least one sleeve operates as a rotor;
a stationary stator, wherein the stationary stator coupled to the shaft member, and
wherein the stationary stator comprising a first stator and a second stator,
wherein the first stator is positioned adjacent to the second stator; and
at least one moving stator, wherein the at least one moving stator positioned in concentric relation to the stationary stator.
2. The device as in claim 1, further comprising a housing configured to surround the at least one moving stator and the stationary stator therein, wherein the housing coupled to the at least one sleeve, and the housing further comprises at least one trapper member positioned on periphery of the housing.
3. The device as in claim 2, further comprising the at least one moving stator coupled to interior of the housing, wherein the housing rotates the at least one moving stator.
4. The device as in claim 2, wherein the at least one trapper member is a member selected from a group consisting of paddles, blades, and vanes.
5. The device as in claim 1, wherein the at least one moving stator is a stator selected from a group consisting of magnet, coil winding, and coil winding-magnet.
6. The device as in claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor-receiving aperture coupled to the shaft member, wherein the at least one sensor-receiving aperture receives at least one sensor therein.
7. The device as in claim 1, further comprising the first stator swapping between a motor mode and a generating mode.
8. The device as in claim 7, wherein the first stator in the motor mode moves the at least one moving stator, and the first stator in the generator mode generates power as the at least one moving stator moves.
9. The device as in claim 1, wherein the second stator is a generating stator.
10. A device for generating electrical power from fluid flow energy comprising:
a shaft member,
at least one sleeve,
wherein the shaft member passed through the at least one sleeve,
wherein the at least one sleeve operates as a rotor;
a stationary stator, wherein the stationary stator coupled to the shaft member, and said stationary stator swapping between a motor mode and a generator mode; and
at least one moving stator, wherein the at least one moving stator positioned in a concentric relation to the stationary stator.
11. The device as in claim 10, further comprising a housing configured to surround the at least one moving stator and the stationary stator within the housing, wherein the housing coupled to the at least one sleeve, and the housing further comprising at least one trapper positioned on periphery of the housing.
12. The device as in claim 10, wherein the at least one moving stator is a stator selected from a group consisting of magnet, coil winding, and coil winding-magnet.
13. The device as in claim 11, further comprising the at least one moving stator coupled to interior of the housing, and at least one sensor-receiving aperture coupled to the shaft member.
14. The device as in claim 10, wherein the stationary stator in the motor mode moves the at least one moving stator, and the stationary stator in the generator mode generates power as the at least one moving stator moves.
15. A device for generating electrical power from fluid flow energy comprising:
a frame,
at least one generator;
a plurality of trapper housings, wherein the plurality of trapper housings coupled to the frame;
wherein the at least one generator is adapted to be driven by at least one trapper housing, and at least two trapper housings are disposed in mechanical communication and rotating in the identical manner.
16. The device as in claim 15, wherein adjacent trapper housings connecting mechanically.
17. The device as in claim 15, wherein the at least one trapper housing having trapper members selected from a group consisting of trappers, paddles, vines, and blades.
18. The device as in claim 15, wherein at least one transmission member moving at least one trapper housing.
19. The device as in claim 15, wherein the at least one trapper housing comprising a first engagement member and at least one power generator comprising a second engagement member, wherein the first and second engagement member are in mechanical communication.
20. The device as in claim 15, further comprising the at least two trapper housings mechanically communicating by a communication means, wherein the communication means selected from the group consisting belt and pulley, gears, shaft, and chains and gears.