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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090184521 | TWIN WIND TURBINE POWER SYSTEM This invention relates to a novel twin wind turbine power system. More particularly, this invention pertains to a twin wind turbine power system which has adjustable width blades, adjustable width wind deflectors and a telescoping erection capability. A twin wind turbin... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090184520 | Turbine ventilator for generating electricity A turbine ventilator includes a housing having a hub, a tube having a lower segment secured to the hub, a seat disposed on an upper portion of the tube, an electric generator disposed on the seat and having a rotor and an extension secured to the rotor and extended out ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090179428 | SHAFT FOR USE IN A WIND ENERGY SYSTEM AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEM A shaft for use in a wind energy system is provided, with the shaft comprising a hollow shaft body; a cable fixation being connected to the hollow shaft body and extending axially in the hollow shaft body, the cable fixation being adapted for fixing a cable bundle; and ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090179434 | Gas power augmented wind generator Compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled auxiliary power source in the 100-250 brake horsepower range, mounted (hung) on the rear of the wind generator main shaft, equipped with shaft speed sensors that have been calibrated to minimum/maximum desired main shaft (electrical g... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090174192 | Turbulence reduction around magnus rotors A wind energy conversion machine using a Magnus Rotor to generate force from the wind. A Magnus Rotor is mounted atop special support structure which is far enough away from the surface of the Magnus Rotor to minimize air turbulence around the Rotor. In one embodiment R... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090174193 | AC/DC system for powering a vehicle A system for powering a vehicle includes a DC motor adapted to be coupled to a vehicle axle when the vehicle is to be driven in reverse or forward at a speed less than a threshold, and an AC motor adapted to be coupled to vehicle axle when it is to be driven forward at ... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090174191 | Head wind ecological driving system The invention is related to saving fuels as well as suppressing against emanating CO2 gas in driving vehicle converting said head wind into driving force to operate said ducted roof fan by means of comprising driving energy booster such as resonance, lift and... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090167024 | GLUING OF WIND TURBINE INTERNALS TO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS A method of mounting an internal element in a wind turbine is provided, whereby the element is attached to the wind turbine by means of gluing.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090169354 | Apparatus for Use of Flow Energy The apparatus for use of flow energy has elongated circumferential elements (18) with incident-flow surfaces (34, 35) facing the flow, which elements (8) are connected parallel to one another at intervals to form a rotating cage (1) or to for... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167030 | VERTICAL AXIS OMNI-DIRECTIONAL TURBINE A vertical axis turbine with a rotor driven by a group of vanes that assure starting at low speeds, efficiently generates electricity at all fluid flow speeds, especially under circumstances that include abrupt increase.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167029 | Coaxial Rotor Windmill and Method of Increasing Kinetic Energy of the Flow Coaxial rotor windmill, CRWM, along with its simplicity differs from all other similar devices in that it is capable, without attracting outer energy but only due to the peculiarities of its structure, to increase initial natural wind velocity and consequently, kinetic ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167028 | Wind Turbine generator rotor, wind turbine generator and wind turbine generator system Provided is a wind power generating apparatus adopts a rotor blade including a frame body unit composed of a frame body having an opening and a plurality of support frames extending from the frame body, and a sail portion adhered to cover the frame body unit. The frame ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167027 | Blade for Windmill, Windmill and Wind Power Generator A blade for a windmill disposed around a rotation center (M) in a vertical direction so as to receive wind force, comprising a front surface (26) including;
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| 20090167026 | Inlet passageway and sealing in a turbine wind power generating system IMPROVED INLET PASSAGEWAY AND SEALING IN A TURBINE WIND POWER GENERATING SYSTEM wherein sharp very small radii of curvature end portions at the mouth or inlet to the passageway avoid turbulence thus enhancing inlet airflow. Transitional portions of the passageway are ar... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167025 | Wind Turbine System for Buildings Systems and methods for capturing the energy of wind currents by placing wind-driven turbines in vortices formed near one or more edges of a building's roof, where the wind currents are concentrated by deflection of the wind off the horizontal faces of the building. In ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090167023 | FORWARD LEANING TOWER TOP SECTION A support structure for a baseframe of a nacelle or the nacelle of a wind turbine is described. The wind turbine has a tower with at least one lower tower section, wherein the at least one lower tower section defines a vertical axis of the tower, a yaw bearing, the nace... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090160187 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND FARM IN A BALANCED STATE A method for operating a wind farm which includes a wind farm control system and at least two wind turbines, which are connected via an internal grid, is provided. The method includes determining the actual power consumption of the wind farm; and adjusting the power pro... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090160197 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING WIND INTO MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL ENERGY A system for converting an airflow into mechanical or electrical energy is provided. The system may include a drawtube. The drawtube may include a tubular member defining a longitudinal axis and having a first opening and a second opening. The drawtube may include a fir... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090160196 | WIND DRIVEN ELECTRIC GENERATOR HAVING VERTICAL ROTATIONAL AXIS A wind turbine for a power generator includes a plurality of blades radially and equally spaced about a rotational axis, each blade having each of a proximal end, a distal end, a uniform thickness throughout, and an arc-shaped cross-section disposed between the proximal... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090160195 | Wind-catcher and accelerator for generating electricity This invention relates to an apparatus for capturing and accelerating the flow of a fluid in a moving stream so as to efficiently produce electricity through the use of a turbine or similar device connected to an electrical generator.... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090160194 | Wind turbine blade and assembly A blade is disclosed for use in a wind turbine, with the blade having a longitudinal axis for extending radially outwardly from a center of rotation of the blade on the wind turbine. The blade has a front side with a front surface for orienting in a windward direction a... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090152867 | SELF-SUSTAINING ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING SYSTEM A self-sustaining electrical power generating system includes a spring system that stores stored energy, the spring system having an input for recharging the stored energy and an output for releasing the stored energy, wherein the spring system generates a monitor signa... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090146425 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTICAL POWER An application for an electrical power generator includes a set of fan blades coupled to a shaft, the fan blades are in fluid communication with an air conditioner condenser fan whereby the fan blades turn in response to air flow caused by the air conditioner condenser ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146501 | DISTRIBUTED SOLAR POWER PLANT AND A METHOD OF ITS CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING POWER GRID A method and apparatus is provided for using a renewable source of energy such as solar, wind or geothermal energy. The method includes generating electric energy from a renewable form of energy at a plurality of locations at which reside an electric power line associat... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146435 | MODULAR ARRAY FLUID FLOW ENERGY CONVERSION FACILITY In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the efficiency with which fluid energy is converted into another form of energy, such as electrical energy, where an array of fluid energy conversion modules is contained in a scalable modul... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146434 | Wind generator with movable sails A wind generator with movable sails, comprising a rotating platform which rotates according to a vertical axis forming the supporting structure of a wind turbine formed by several sails which move guided by respective side chains engaging with end pinions, the assembly ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146433 | Method and apparatus for fabricating wind turbine components A method of assembling a wind turbine blade includes forming a preform pressure surface member and a preform suction surface member. The method also includes forming at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge. One method of forming the leading edge or the traili... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146432 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE A vertical axis wind turbine (10) comprises two turbine rotors (12) and (13) with a plurality of curved blades (14) and (15) and coupled together by gears underneath their shafts and rotating synchronously in opposite directions, a mul... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090146424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND POWER PLANT An apparatus and method for extending the power-capture region of a wind turbine during certain operating conditions is disclosed. The actual set point of an operational parameter is selected so as to be maintained at a predetermined number of standard deviations away f... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090140527 | WIND TURBINE BLADE STIFFENERS A blade for a wind turbine, includes a shell; a spar member for supporting the shell; and a stiffener, secured to an inside surface of the shell, for enhancing a buckling resistance of the blade.... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140528 | Wind and Updraft Turbine The invention relates to the field of electrical generation and more specifically to the use of a wind turbine for generating electricity. The invention provides a fully integrated vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) which can be mounted on a cylindrical pole. Rotor blade... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090140526 | STATOR AND STATOR TOOTH MODULES FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES An electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator is provided. The stator includes a plurality of stator tooth modules configured for radial magnetic flux flow. The stator tooth modules include at least one end plate, and the end plates have extensions for mounting ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090134630 | Wind turbine The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a retaining arrangement, a main shaft and a direct drive generator comprising a rotor having a first and a second supporting element and a stator having a first and a second supporting element, wherein the main shaft is p... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134629 | Direct drive generator and wind turbine The invention concerns a direct drive or directly driven generator for a wind turbine comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator comprises a stator ring comprising several ring-segment-shaped stator segments each having at least one stator element for the power... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134628 | Direct drive generator and wind turbine The invention concerns a direct drive or directly driven generator for a wind turbine comprising a stator having at least one stator element for power generation and a rotor pivotable around a centre axis of the generator having at least one rotor element for power gene... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134627 | Arrangement for a direct drive generator for a wind turbine and method for the assembly of the generator The invention concerns an arrangement for a direct drive generator for a wind turbine, which generator comprises a stator with several stator segments each stator segment having at least one stator element for the power generation and which generator comprises a rotor p... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134626 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A GENERATOR The invention relates to an electrical machine (1, 2, 210) or its use as a wind power generator and a wind power installation having this electrical machine. The electrical machine has a primary part (3, 4, 222, 212, 213) and a secondary part (5, 6, 224... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090134625 | POWER BACKUP SYSTEM FOR OFFSHORE WIND GENERATORS The inventions concerns a cable comprising a cable jacket and at least two medium voltage wires disposed within the cable jacket for transporting medium voltage current and at least two low voltage wires disposed within the cable jacket for transporting a low voltage cu... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090127862 | Wind energy harvesting system on a frozen surface The invention provides an environmentally friendly renewable energy harvesting system for harvesting wind energy on a frozen surface, as in cold weather climatic regions associated with higher latitudes or higher altitudes, with snow or ice surfaces. A plurality of ski,... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129953 | PUMP, POWER PLANT, A WINDMILL, AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRICAL POWER FROM WIND ENERGY Power plant (10) for the generation of electrical power using wind power or wind energy, comprising a plurality of windmills (12, 14, 16) each comprising a mill tower, a rotor (18, 20, 22) with a shaft (32) being rotatably journalled in said ... | 05/21/2009 |
