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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110074155 | FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND FARM, A FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR POSITIONING A FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE A floating offshore wind turbine and a floating offshore wind farm with at least one floating offshore wind turbine are provided. The floating offshore wind turbine includes a floating platform anchored to an underwater ground, a wind turbine mounted on the floating pla... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110068581 | Rotating Doors Wind Machine The rotating door wind machine is built by attaching 2 or more door units to a vertical shaft. The wind force closes the doors and create a torque on the shaft thereby causing it to rotate horizontally and produce energy. This energy is then output to drive a load such ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068582 | MULTI-STACK FLYWHEEL WIND ASSEMBLY The present invention relates to a combination of flywheels or multi-stacked flywheels, ratchets or positive locking roller stops and speed activated clutches. The combinations allow the present invention to reduce the cut-in speed and reach rated speed sooner than exis... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110070067 | Wind turbine A wind turbine for generating electricity has been developed. The turbine includes a housing for securement to a support. A wheel is mounted within the housing and is rotatable about a horizontal axis. The wheel has an axle assembly and a number of blade assemblies affi... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068583 | ROTOR-SHAFT INTEGRATED GENERATOR DRIVE APPARATUS A generator drive apparatus includes: a rotor shaft having a generally annular open end; a gear unit including a stationary member and a plurality of intermeshed gears, the gear unit disposed at least partially within the open end and drivingly coupled to the rotor shaf... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110068584 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENERGY GENERATION A method and device for using magnetostriction to generate electricity from fluid motion. The device includes a first structural component, an outer housing, and a strain structure. The outer housing substantially circumscribes the first structural component and at leas... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110070068 | FLUID TURBINE DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO FLUID TURBINE DEVICES Fluid turbine devices and methods related to fluid turbine devices are disclosed herein. One example method includes deflecting a first portion of a fluid flow from a return path of a vertical blade assembly, while permitting a second portion of the fluid flow to enter ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110070065 | Wind energy device with increased wind speed feature Wind energy device is composed of an enlarged main shroud structure with flare feature to capture more on-coming wind energy, and with wind flow swirling vane feature to force the captured wind flow to rotate. A multiple stage coaxial counter rotating fan system with du... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110062720 | CONTROL BOX FOR A WIND TURBINE The invention relates to a control box for arranging in a rotor hub of a wind turbine that can be rotated about a rotational axis. Such control boxes receive electrical components such as relays, inverters, sensors and the like, in the inner region thereof, which is def... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110064578 | WIND TURBINE WITH HIGH SOLIDITY ROTOR A wind turbine includes a nacelle support structure rotationally mounted to a tower through a yaw bearing for rotation about a yaw axis. A hollow shaft is rotationally mounted to the nacelle support structure through a rotor bearing for rotation about a rotor axis of ro... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062716 | ROTATION MAGNETIC BEARING WITH PERMANENT MAGNETS, PREFERABLY FOR A WIND TURBINE An apparatus (1) for rotational motion about a rotational axis (14) of a first member (2) relative to a second member (3), the first member having an outer surface being rotational symmetric about the rotational axis, and the second member ha... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062717 | Urility grid vertical axis wind turbine system A vertical axis wind system for generation and distribution of electrical energy to a utility grid is provided. The system includes a power pole electricity system supported by a plurality of ground-based upright support members. The electricity system is electrically c... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062719 | Direct drive generator and wind turbine A direct drive generator for a wind turbine is provided. The direct drive generator includes a stator arrangement and a rotor arrangement. The stator arrangement and/or the rotor arrangement include an at least partly flexible front and/or rear endplate. The endplate is... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062718 | Generator platform & drive assembly for alternative power production from aermotor and similar design windmills This invention is a unique ‘Generator Platform and Drive Assembly for Alternative Power Production from Aermotor® and Similar Design Windmills”. Used to convert or retrofit prior art water pump windmills to produce renewable energy, mainly in the form of electricit... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110057452 | WIND TURBINE HAVING AN AIRFLOW DEFLECTOR A wind turbine (10) comprising: a rotor (12), the axis of rotation extending longitudinally through said rotor (12); a plurality of blades (18) mounted to the rotor (12) to drive the rotor (12) in response to an airflow: and an ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110057450 | WIND ASSISTED ELECTRIC VEHICLE A vehicle having an electric drive motor and a battery pack which provides power to the motor. The vehicle has panels that provide a wind tunnel when the vehicle is in motion, and a wind generator which is positioned inside or outside the wind tunnel to supply electrici... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110057453 | TETHERED AIRBORNE WIND-DRIVEN POWER GENERATOR A tethered airborne wind-driven power generation device providing, in various embodiments, a main tether and plurality of auxiliary tethers, feedback controls for continuously adjusting pitch, roll and yaw, and a Vee-shaped configuration for disposing rotors along the f... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110057451 | YAW BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A WIND TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR BRAKING USING THE SAME A yaw bearing assembly includes a first component having a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface, and a brake assembly coupled with respect to the first component and adjacent to at least one of the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface. The ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110049902 | Air cooled brushless wind alternator Low cost high output wind alternators are disclosed that may be made by modifying existing windmills. The wind alternators of the present invention are brushless alternators that provide high power output without the need to employ rare earth magnets. The low cost high ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110049903 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE UNDER LOW UTILITY GRID VOLTAGE CONDITIONS The present invention relates to a wind turbine and an associated method for controlling the output current from said wind turbine to an electric power grid, and, more particularly, to a wind turbine and a method for controlling the current under conditions of grid volt... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110049904 | 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... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110049905 | GENERATION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY USING CABLE-SUPPORTED WINDMILLS An electric energy generation system may include a plurality of windmills, a windmill support system, an electric generator, and a coupling system. The windmills may each be configured to transform wind energy into rotational energy. The windmill support system may supp... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110043065 | Method and Apparatus For Permanent Magnet Attachment In An Electromechanical Machine An apparatus and method for the installation and removal of permanent magnets in a permanent magnet electromechanical machine, for example a wind turbine power unit generator. A magnet holder is mounted on a magnet carrying structure such as a rotor. Permanent magnets m... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042960 | BEARING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE NACELLE The present invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle. This nacelle comprises a body, and a head. The body comprises a base which is designed to be fastened to the upper end of a wind turbine tower, and a tubular chamber which upwardly extends said base along a vertic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042961 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING POWER The present invention relates to a motor and/or dynamo, a vehicle or wind turbine provided with such a motor and/or dynamo. The motor/dynamo comprises
| 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042962 | VERTICAL SHAFT TYPE DARIUS WINDMILL The present invention relates to a Darrieus windmill, and more specifically, to a vertical axis type Darrieus windmill that enables self-start in the low wind velocity range. The Darrieus windmill, in which a primary vertical shaft is rotated by the lift forces generate... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042952 | FLUID MACHINE, WIND TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR INCREASING VELOCITY OF INTERNAL FLOW OF FLUID MACHINE, UTILIZING UNSTEADY FLOW A fluid machine includes a non-streamline casing capable of forming a stable vortex street on a downstream side by internal and external flows, and an impeller disposed inside the casing. The casing has a vortex generator configured to form the vortex street on the down... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042958 | COLLAPSIBLE VERTICAL-AXIS TURBINE A collapsible vertical-axis turbine for wind or hydro applications is provided, comprising a plurality of vertical blades hingedly connected to a plurality of support arms, a tower having a rotating section, the rotating section hingedly connected to the plurality of su... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042959 | Wind Energy Conversion Apparatus An apparatus and method to efficiently convert erratic wind energy to a source of reliable standard AC electrical power by means of a complex tower-mounted windmill operatively engaged to power a pump. The pump in a sealed communication with a chamber evacuates air from... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110037272 | FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A WIND POWER PLANT The present invention refers to an arrangement (“A”) related to a body of water for creating conditions for generating electric power from a prevailing force of wind (“W”). Utilized pontoon units are made up of and associated with a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037271 | WIND TURBINE SYSTEM AND MODULAR WIND TURBINE UNIT THEREFOR A wind turbine system includes a two-dimensional array of a plurality of modular wind turbine units arranged in a plurality of horizontal rows and vertical columns. The two-dimensional array of modular wind turbine units are carried by a frame structure including a plur... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037270 | WIND POWER PLANT WITH IMPROVED COOLING AIR CONDUCTION What is disclosed is a wind turbine comprising a tower with a closable climbing opening and electrical components disposed inside the tower. In order to provide said wind turbine with the ability to provide a cooling system for cooling the electrical components, in part... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037261 | System And Method For Producing Electrical Power The disclosed technology is an electrical power system that includes a turbine, a turbine housing, an incoming channel and a generator. The turbine has at least two turbine blades and the turbine housing has at least two openings. The incoming channel directs and amplif... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037264 | COLUMN-STABILIZED OFFSHORE PLATFORM WITH WATER-ENTRAPMENT PLATES AND ASYMMETRIC MOORING SYSTEM FOR SUPPORT OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES A floating wind turbine platform includes a floatation frame (105) that includes three columns (102, 103) that are coupled to each other with horizontal main beams (115). A wind turbine tower (111) is mounted above a tower support column (... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037267 | SWITCHGEAR CABINET FOR A WIND TURBINE A switchgear cabinet for a wind turbine has a cabinet housing with a ventilation hole defined therein. A fan is disposed in the cabinet housing and supported on the cabinet housing so as to be disposed in front of or in the ventilation hole. A circumferential coaming is... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037268 | Adaptive Control Ducted Compound Wind Turbine A high efficiency, adaptive control, compound ducted wind turbine capable of providing higher efficiency in energy extraction from a fluid. Performance of efficiency expressed as coefficient of performance (Cp) in accordance with the Lanchester-Betz-Joukowski limits is ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037269 | BEARING CARTRIDGE A bearing cartridge for a rotatable shaft of a wind turbine comprising a shaft and a back-to-back tapered roller bearing arrangement coupled to the shaft. The bearing arrangement comprising a first bearing having a first outer ring, a first inner ring and a plurality of... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110031043 | SELF-CHARGING ELECTRICAL CAR WITH WIND ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprises an electrical generator provided within a housing. The housing is rotatable relative to the vehicle about a housing axis. The energy recovery system further comprises a wind turbine comprising a set of blades rotatable a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031755 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR A wind-driven generator whose yaw system (10A) installed at the upper part of a support (2) is reduced in the number of its components and weight. The wind-driven generator has the yaw system (10A) equipped with a yaw driving device (30), a y... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031756 | SELF-STARTING DARRIEUS WIND TURBINE A Darrieus rotor supported by a bearing system to rotate about a vertical axis for capturing wind energy has an alternator that is directly-driven by the rotor and converts rotational power from the rotor into electrical power. An electronic controller controls the elec... | 02/10/2011 |
