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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7188808 | Aerialwind power generation system and method An aerial power generation system includes a guide line supported by a support body. Wind driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwind phase. The... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189051 | Wind power plant A wind power plant includes four main elements: a foundation (29), at least one supporting structure (21), a carrying construction (23) having a vertical axis (25) and being rotatable around the vertical axis, and at least one rotor (4... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190085 | Wind turbine for producing electrical power and a method of operating the same A wind turbine includes a turbine rotor with at least one blade and a generator with a rotor and a stator. The turbine rotor is mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator. A diode rectifier is electrically coupled to the stator of the generator. A direct c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186083 | Wind energy conversion device A wind energy conversion device includes a propeller in which each of the propeller blades includes a proximal (radially inward) non-airfoil mounting section, a medial section and a distal tip section mounted to pivot relative to the medial section about a pitch axi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185848 | Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183663 | Precisely controlled flying electric generators One or more tethered platforms, each having three or more, mill rotors, are operated at altitudes in relatively high winds to generate electricity. These windmill kites use one or more electro-mechanical tethers on each platform. Their position, attitude and orienta... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183680 | Fan with driving gear A ceiling fan suspended from a mounting rod and comprising a transverse support. A pair of hanging fans are distally mounted on the transverse support. A motor fixed to the mounting rod and spaced radially therefrom drives a gyro gear about an axis parallel to and s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183665 | Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially insid... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182573 | Wind turbine A wind turbine, with: a rotatable frame; a plurality of airfoils mounted to the rotatable frame, wherein the airfoils extend parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable frame; a wind block positioned to restrict airflow over at least a portion of the rotatable ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183664 | Methods and apparatus for advanced wind turbine design A wind turbine system includes a variable blade assembly including adjustable sails and wing shaped masts expanding the wind velocity capture envelope. The blade assembly turns a hydraulic pump, which pressurizes fluid and stores the pressurized fluid in a chamber i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181914 | Diffuser for gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine pre-diffuser 40 is generally annular, including radially inner and radially outer walls 40 and 42 and a generally cylindrical midline 48 defined between the walls. The pre-diffuser 40 includes a central member ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180202 | Method of operating a wind power installation and a wind power installation The present invention concerns a method of operating a wind power installation comprising an electric generator drivable by a rotor for outputting electrical power to an electrical consumer, in particular an electrical network. The invention further concerns ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180204 | Method and apparatus for wind turbine air gap control Methods and apparatus for assembling a wind turbine generator are provided. The wind turbine generator includes a core and a plurality of stator windings circumferentially spaced about a generator longitudinal axis, a rotor rotatable about the generator longitudinal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179056 | Wind energy installation comprising a concentric gearbox generator arrangement A wind energy plant comprising a rotor, a rotor shaft, a gear, and a generator, the generator embodied as a ring concentrically embracing the gear. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175389 | Methods and apparatus for reducing peak wind turbine loads A method for reducing peak loads of wind turbines in a changing wind environment includes measuring or estimating an instantaneous wind speed and direction at the wind turbine and determining a yaw error of the wind turbine relative to the measured instantaneous win... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176584 | Wind power apparatus A wind power apparatus utilizing an anchor which is rotatably fixed to a surface. A chute attaches to the anchor and is provided with a chamber. A restriction is located in the chamber to concentrate the wind within an annular are of the chute and direct it to a pow... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172386 | Wind and solar power plant with variable high speed rotor trains A wind and solar power plant, producing electrical energy at any scale, site, and level above the ground, and with almost no wind, comprises rotor trains, mounted on decks of a garage-like building, each rotor train having a plurality of rotors positioned between a ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168251 | Wind energy turbine A wind energy turbine includes a tower, a nacelle rotatably supported by the tower, a rotor rotatably supported by the nacelle, and at least one unit to be cooled and arranged in the tower and/or the nacelle. The unit is adapted to be cooled by a cooling medium flow... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166928 | Voltage control for wind generators A wind turbine generator control system includes relatively fast regulation of voltage near the individual generators with relatively slower overall reactive power regulation at a substation or wind farm level. The setpoint of the relatively fast voltage regulator i... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161260 | Wind power installation with separate primary and secondary cooling circuits A wind power installation includes a nacelle, and energy conversion system for converting wind power into electric energy. The energy conversion system includes a heat-generating source which is disposed in the nacelle and constructed to include a closed primary coo... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161259 | Wind power generator A windmill driven electric generator is described with an air sealed closed chamber surrounding rotating and stationary parts to prevent condensation problems during times when the windmill is standing still due to a lack of wind. The closed chamber may be provided ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157805 | Wind powered pendulating land sail electricity generation system An electricity generation system having the ability to generate clean electrical power by mechanically capturing the power of the wind. The system utilizes one or more modular wind collecting sail assemblies that are mounted on an upright oriented pole assembly. The... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156609 | Method of making complex twisted blades with hollow airfoil cross section and the turbines based on such A reactive turbine, each blade of which approximates a helical shape that is constructed with readily available conventional manufacturing techniques. The blades are constructed in discrete straight sections that, when joined, approximate a helix or any other effici... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154191 | Electrical machine with double-sided rotor Machines useful for wind turbine and ship propulsion purposes include a double-sided generator or motor with two concentric air gaps. In one embodiment, the machine includes a double-sided rotor with an inner rotor side and an outer rotor side; and a stator with an ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154192 | Electrical machine with double-sided lamination stack The machine includes a rotor with an inner rotor core and an outer rotor core and a double-sided stator with an inner stator side and an outer stator side. The double-sided stator is concentrically disposed between the inner rotor core and the outer rotor core of th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154193 | Electrical machine with double-sided stator Machines useful for wind turbine and ship propulsion purposes include a wind turbine generator or a ship propulsion motor with two concentric air gaps. In one embodiment, the machine includes a rotor with an inner rotor core and an outer rotor core; and a double-sid... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154190 | All-weather energy and water production via steam-enhanced vortex tower The space-saving, long operating, and cheap vortex plants of large power intensively combine solar, either waste and secondary, or geothermal heating of slightly pressured water with use of wind, giving competitive electricity and water production without firing of ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147069 | Wind turbine driven generator system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a vehicle including a body having a one or more openings. The body is configured, such as through the use of air guides, to receive an airflow through the one or more openings. An electrical generator assembly is mounted inside the vehicle a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144214 | Rotor supporting structure of windmill for power generation A windmill 10 includes a frame 11 and a rotor 12 provided rotatively around the vertical shaft center. The rotor includes bosses 23, 24 located above and below, plural transversal blades 25 extending radially from the bosses, longi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144216 | Wind turbine with outer noise shell For reduction of the noise radiation of a wind turbine with a tower (1) having an outside (8), a noise shell (4) is provided, which at least partially surrounds the outside (8) of the tower (1) and is positioned at a distance from ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141887 | Power supply unit, generator, and wind turbine generator A power supply unit inclding a battery 4 that stores electric power used for operations of various devices; a dynamo 19, a rotation support mechanism 14, and a rectifying section 32 as charging means that converts natural energy into elec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135786 | Wind driven generator for powered vehicles A shrouded enclosure is mounted to a vehicle roof, the shrouded enclosure comprising an air intake formed by controllable shrouds, a turbine, an electricity generating device, and a discharge outlet. The turbine is interposed between the air intake and the discharge... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132760 | Wind turbine device A hybrid blade wind turbine device formed of at least a pair of straight outer airfoil blades, and a pair of inner helical wing blades, as supported for rotation within a safety protective cage structure, which wind turbine can be mounted in the vertical, horizontal... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129596 | Hovering wind turbine A hovering wind turbine (1) whose blades (2) lie on the surface of an imaginary horizontal cylinder and have their pitch angle changing as a function of the rotational angle, allowing them to gather wind energy mainly in the upwind and downwind sectors... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126235 | Wind power electric device and method A wind-power unit has a wind turbine has an electric generator connected to the wind turbine. The stator of the generator has a winding formed of a high-voltage cable having a core of conducting material, a first layer of semiconducting material surrounding the core... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126236 | Methods and apparatus for pitch control power conversion A method for powering a pitch motor drive system for at least one DC pitch motor of a wind turbine includes rectifying a voltage using a bridge circuit to thereby supply a DC link voltage to a bridge comprising active switching devices, and utilizing at least one li... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119453 | Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially insid... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118344 | Wind power plant for generating energy A wind power system (1) for generating power is proposed, comprising a rotor which is axially flowed through, is rotatably held on a shaft (2) and is provided with blades (3), as well as a guide device (5) which accelerates the air flow t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119452 | Voltage control for wind generators A wind turbine generator control system includes relatively fast regulation of voltage near the individual generators with relatively slower overall reactive power regulation at a substation or wind farm level. The setpoint of the relatively fast voltage regulator i... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111521 | Sampling system for moving fluid A system for sampling a moving fluid utilizes a housing in the shape of an airfoil having a leading edge adapted to be disposed in the moving fluid such that the moving fluid will initially encounter the leading edge. A fluid flow pathway extends through the airfoil... | 09/26/2006 |
