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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100320771 | Power Generator An electrical power generator assembly (10a) for using kinetic energy from a flowing fluid (12) to generate electrical power. The electrical power generator (10a) includes a blade assembly (14) and at least one primary coil (... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320772 | HYDRAULIC WIND FARMS FOR GRID ELECTRICITY AND DESALINATION Pressurized hydraulic flow created in wind farms with wind driven pumps (wind-pumps) used for rated electric power production by means of hydraulic motors, or turbines, of constant speed and variable torque which actuate alternately and/or simultaneously rated electric ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320769 | Wind Turbine Comprising a Torsional Vibration Absorber The invention provides a wind turbine comprising a wind-driven rotor for converting wind energy to a mechanical driving force, a power converter for converting the driving force to exploitable power and a transmission system for rotatably transmitting the driving force ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320760 | Solar and Wind Power Generator Capable of Tracking Sunlight Automatically A solar and wind power generator capable of tracking sunlight automatically is provided. The solar and wind power generator includes a base, a revolving column, a generator, a plurality of wind-collecting portions, a plurality of photovoltaic panels, and a secondary cel... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320768 | HYDRAULIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR A hydraulic electricity generator has a drive device, a hydro-generator and a recovering tank. The drive device has at least one compressing unit, and each compressing unit has a storage tube and a compressor. The storage tube has a chamber, an inlet pipe, an outlet pip... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100314883 | METHOD FOR DAMPING OSCILLATIONS IN A WIND TURBINE The present invention relates to a method for damping oscillations in a wind turbine comprising a wind turbine tower, a nacelle arranged on top of said wind turbine tower, and a number of rotor blades rotatably connected to the nacelle. The oscillations to be damped ori... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314884 | WIND TURBINE, A METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE EMISSION FROM A WIND TURBINE TOWER AND USE OF A WIND TURBINE The invention relates to a wind turbine (1) comprising a wind turbine tower (2) having a tower wall (22), a wind turbine nacelle (3) positioned on top of the tower (2) and noise reducing means (8) for reducing noise emission fro... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314885 | SHROUDED WIND TURBINE WITH RIM GENERATOR AND HALBACH ARRAY A wind turbine comprises a turbine shroud and optionally an ejector shroud. The wind turbine encloses a permanent magnet ring generator. A static ring of phase windings is located in the turbine shroud, and wind airflow causes a rotor having permanent magnets thereon to... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314882 | POWER TRAIN FOR A WIND TURBINE Wind power turbine comprising a tower (11), a supporting frame (41) and a drive train including a rotor hub (13), a main shaft (21) supported by a front bearing (43) and a rear bearing (45), a generator (31), located at a... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314886 | FUNNELED WIND TURBINE AIRCRAFT FEATURING A DIFFUSER An aircraft adapted to house a wind funnel, a wind diffuser, and a wind turbine configured to convert airflow flowing through the wind funnel into electricity is provided. The aircraft may feature a diffuser that increases the airflow through the wind funnel to increase... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314878 | Direct Generation of Steam Motive Flow by Water-Cooled Hydrogen/Oxygen Combustion A hydrogen/oxygen combustion system of direct steam generation of motive flow, with the capacity to regulate and control temperature and pressure conditions, enabling the use of spontaneously generated motive flow in turbine-driven power generating system applications. ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314881 | Auxiliary drive/brake system for a wind turbine An auxiliary drive/brake system for a wind turbine. The auxiliary drive/brake system includes an impulse, high torque electric motor connected to a motor drive control system which controls the impulse high torque electric motor. The auxiliary drive/brake system further... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316450 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND A BARGE SYSTEM The invention relates to a method for installing an offshore wind turbine (5) comprising the steps of preparing an offshore foundation (5) for receiving and retaining a part of said wind turbine, moving said wind turbine in substantially vertical (erected)... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308597 | WIND TURBINE WITH VERTICAL AXIS AND WIND POWER PLANT This invention relates to a wind turbine with vertical axis (3), having a rotor (F) and a generator (7) connected with said axis (3), and a supporting structure holding the axis (3) of said rotor (F) by means of bearings, and said rotor (F) c... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307147 | Energy storage system Energy can be stored by directing fluid into an expandable receptacle that has a relatively heavy mass above it. The fluid fills the receptacle such that it expands and lifts up the heavy mass above it. At a time when energy is needed, the fluid can be allowed to flow o... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308594 | BEARING STRUCTURE AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR A bearing structure that reduces the relative sliding speed of a sealing ring and a contact surface and suppresses relative deformation due to a temperature difference of inner and outer rings is provided. A rolling member is disposed inside a space formed between an ou... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308595 | WIND-POWER GENERATING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT TO WIND DIRECTION A wind-power generating device (1) with automatic adjustment to wind direction includes a post (10), a wind-guiding shroud (20), and a generator assembly (30). The post (10) has a fixed section (11) and a rotatable section (1... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308596 | WIND TURBINE AND TOWER OR TOWER SEGMENT AND DOOR FRAME THEREFOR The invention relates to a tower or a tower segment of a wind turbine, having a door for entering the inside of the tower, comprising a door frame, which has a door opening that is preferably closed by a door leaf. The Invention further relates to a door frame for a doo... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100305760 | SOLAR PROTECTION INSTALLATION EQUIPPED WITH A WIND SENSOR The invention relates to a solar protection installation (1) comprising at least one mobile window blind (2), at least one drive means (3), at least one control unit (4), and at least one wind sensor (5). The wind sensor (5) is ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303623 | WIND POWER DEVICE A new reduced cost easily manufactured light weight wind turbine design combining the use of downwind passive yaw, large take off rim on the outside of the semi rigid sails, a new method of furling or changing sail AOA, new semi rigid sail design, and new tower design t... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301612 | WIND TURBINE A wind turbine includes a nacelle that houses a dynamo and a vane wheel coupled to an end of the dynamo. The nacelle is movably mounted to a post. The nacelle has a body forming a circumferentially extending curved slot that has a front portion forming a reducing sectio... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301613 | TOWER FOR A WIND TURBINE The invention concerns a tower for a wind turbine which tower supports a nacelle with bearings in which a horizontal rotation axis with blades can rotate, the tower comprises a steel wall of circular section, a drive for rotating the nacelle around a vertical axis of th... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100295319 | WIND TURBINE A wind turbine is provided. In another aspect, a hubless or hollow wind turbine includes a hubless and/or hollow alternator or generator. A further aspect employs a hubless and/or hollow wind turbine surrounding an elongated member such as a pre-existing structure. In y... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295320 | Airborne Power Generation System With Modular Electrical Elements A tethered airborne electrical power generation system which may utilize a strutted frame structure with airfoils built into the frame to keep wind turbine driven generators which are within the structure airborne. The primary rotors utilize the prevailing wind to gener... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295321 | Method for Generating Electrical Power Using a Tethered Airborne Power Generation System A tethered airborne electrical power generation system which may utilize a strutted frame structure with airfoils built into the frame to keep wind turbine driven generators which are within the structure airborne. The primary rotors utilize the prevailing wind to gener... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295318 | WIND-POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATOR A wind-powered electricity generator has a supporting tube, a rotating device, a drive device, a mounting frame, a guiding board and two fan bodies. The rotating device is rotatably mounted on the supporting tube and has a mounting tube, a top cover and a transmitting s... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295315 | Air regeneration for a moving vehicle Airflow regeneration device, which generates electricity from air resistance, but only when the vehicle is in the speed reduction mode. In the non-speed reduction mode, the air resistance is minimally increased. In the speed reduction mode, the air resistance is intenti... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295316 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE AND GENERATOR THEREFORE A vertical wind turbine is provided that includes a support base defined about an axis, a bearing assembly, a drive shaft having a proximal end and an opposing distal end, and a multistage axial flux generator. The bearing assembly includes a fixed ring and a rotating r... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296928 | Wind turbine accelerator panels and method of making same A vertically sectioned cylindrical accelerator for mounting pairs of wind turbines respectively on opposite sides thereof has a covering of twin-sheet thermoformed plastic panels which are smooth on the outside but carry a multiplicity of small cone-shaped projections o... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295317 | WIND TURBINE A wind turbine includes a rotary shaft having an axis of rotation, a plurality of turbine blades supported for rotary motion by the shaft, and a plurality of magnets supported by and spaced outwardly from the rotary shaft. The blades are mounted to the shaft by a mount ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295303 | Tethered system for power generation A system for power generation comprises a wing, a turbine, a tether, and a tether tension sensor. The wing is for generating lift. The turbine is coupled to the wing and is used for generating power from rotation of a propeller or for generating thrust using the propell... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295307 | Floating Wind Turbine With Turbine Anchor The wind turbine 20 includes a wind driven turbine wheel 22 rotatable about a central axis 29 that has sail wings 30 that catch the wind and rotate the turbine wheel 22. An anchor 58 has its anchor line 56 attached to the... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295314 | Floating wind turbine A floating wind turbine includes a floating frame, and at least one wind turbine assembly. The floating frame is adapted for suspendedly traveling in a fluid medium so as to be exposed to a predetermined amount of air flow. The wind turbine assembly includes a rotor hub... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289269 | SOLAR WIND TREE An apparatus for generating electrical power. The apparatus comprises a plurality of solar energy collectors for generating electricity from solar energy; a plurality of wind turbines for generating electricity from wind energy; a support structure having arms extending... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100289265 | WIND DAM AND VERTICAL TURBINE SYSTEM The present invention is a wind dam and vertical turbine system set on a ground surface that captures and directs wind to generate electricity. The system has a wind dam portion with a front opening, an airfoil above the front opening and a vertical turbine portion with... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283253 | Tethered Airborne Power Generation System With Vertical Take-Off and Landing Capability A tethered airborne electrical power generation system which may utilize a strutted frame structure with airfoils built into the frame to keep wind turbine driven generators which are within the structure airborne. The primary rotors utilize the prevailing wind to gener... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283254 | Wind Power Plant The invention relates to a wind power plant, comprising a rotor that can be rotated about a vertical axis, said rotor between two horizontal bearing planes disposed at a distance on top of each other comprising a plurality of rotor blades, which are disposed distributed... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100283252 | BROAD SPEED RANGE GENERATOR A brushless generator with permanent-magnet multi-pole rotor disks and coreless stator winding disks includes integral electronics to efficiently generate regulated DC current and voltage from shaft input power over a broad speed range. Its power rating is scalable, and... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100276938 | AEROGENERATOR Disclosed herein is an aerogenerator. The aerogenerator includes an impeller which is rotated by wind. A conversion unit mounts the impeller to a support structure so that the impeller can rotate, and converts the rotating motion of the impeller into linear motion. At l... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100276939 | GENERATING ELECTRICITY USING WIND Among other things, wind energy can be harnessed without using an outmoded rotational windmill model, which is inherently inefficient because much of the wind energy is bypassed; blade stresses are pronounced; and there is a danger to birds, animals, and in smaller mode... | 11/04/2010 |
