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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175344 | Device for the protection of a probe joined to an external wall of an aircraft The invention relates to a device for the protection of a probe joined to a wall of an aircraft. Detachable means for fastening to the wall of the protection device are sensitive to a modification of a temperature of the probe. For example, the fastening means are m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7099800 | Method and a computer for handling operational data of wind power plants Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for collecting data from a wind turbine plant, where data are collected regularly. The collected data made can be stored, where corrections are performed on the stored data. The method also maintains or... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6993965 | Horizontal axis wind turbine and method for measuring upflow angle A horizontal axis wind turbine includes: a horizontal plate disposed on upwind side of a rotational central portion of a rotor; a first anemometer disposed at an upper position of upwind side of the horizontal plate; a second anemometer disposed at a lower position ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976393 | Pygmy current meter with magnetic switch An apparatus for measuring fluid velocity includes a generally Y-shaped yoke including a base and first and second forks, the first and second forks including through holes at ends thereof; a bucket wheel supported between the first and second forks of the yoke; a f... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6918294 | Vane for measuring wind orientation with integrated heater Weather vanes (1) are delicate instruments partially exposed to external conditions. They are used in particular in the aeronautical industry. The measurements provided by these weather vanes are crucial to the flying of an aircraft. A type of weather vane is... | 07/19/2005 |
| 5877416 | Anemometer employing standing wave normal to fluid flow and travelling wave normal to standing wave An anemometer comprises an acoustic resonant cavity 1 between two plates 2 and 3 and open in the direction of flow of a fluid, the cavity having at least one pair of electro acoustic transducers 5 which are energised at an Eigenfrequency to produce a stan... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5646343 | System and method for monitoring wind characteristics A system for investigating the variation of one or more wind characteristics within a volume over a given area comprises a plurality of detectors which output a data signal which is indicative of the value of a wind characteristic, the outputs of all the ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5639963 | Multi-directional wind direction and speed indicating apparatus A navigational aid location. The for assessing fluid conditions, such as wind, at a predetermined device is comprised of an assembly including a vertically oriented support member, a vaning member rotatably attached to the support member for pivotal movem... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5616860 | Azimuth indicator equipped with anemometer capable of indicating blowing direction of wind In an azimuth indicating apparatus, there are provided a wind speed measuring unit for measuring a wind speed, an azimuth measuring unit for measuring azimuth, a display unit for displaying wind speeds measured at respective azimuths, and a display contro... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5361633 | Method and apparatus for wind speed and direction measurement An apparatus for measuring wind speed and direction includes: a wind vane having a permanent magnet, an anemometer having a permanent magnet and a ferromagnetic member, and a stationary housing having radially and axially mounted reed switches. As the ane... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5231876 | Method and apparatus for wind speed and direction measurement An apparatus for measuring wind speed and direction includes: a wind vane which has a permanent magnet, an anemometer which has a permanent magnet and a ferromagnetic member, and a stationary housing which has a radially mounted reed switch and an axially... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5029101 | High voltage conductor mounted line powered monitoring system A hot-stick mountable, line powered, EHV conductor mounted environmental monitoring apparatus. The sensor module contains sensors for monitoring solar insolation, wind speed, lightning flashes, ambient temperature, relative humidity and dew point, precipi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4953402 | Wind measuring system (anemorhumbometer) A wind measuring system can be used in meterology for a more accurate and reliable measurement of the velocity and the direction of an air current. The system has a sensor for velocity and a wind vane with sensors for horizontal and vertical wind directio... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4894785 | High voltage conductor mounted line powered monitoring system A hot-stick mountable, line powered, EHV conductor mounted environmental monitoring apparatus. The sensor module contains sensors for monitoring solar insolation, wind speed, lightning flashes, ambient temperature, relative humidity and dew point, precipi... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4840062 | Fiber optic current meter with plastic bucket wheel A current meter for measuring velocity in a moving fluid is disclosed which omprises a one-piece plastic bucket wheel retained by a yoke or other suspension device and a signal generating device comprised of fiber optic cables which make and break an infra... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4812844 | Windshear detection indicator system Windshear indicator system comprised of a plurality of individual windshear detection and indication devices (10) disposed to one side of and parallel to the landing approach and takeoff areas of an airport runway. Each device (10) has a wind velocity sen... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4548074 | Wind speed and direction indicator A wind direction device comprising first and second electrical coils for respectively producing electrical signals utilized for indicating the wind direction, and an anemoneter for rotating a first actuator through a signal producing gap of the first coil... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4488431 | Wind speed and direction indicator and electric current generating means This invention relates to a wind direction indicator spherically rotatable about a liquid supported poly axial magnetic compass. The wind direction indicator determines the wind direction without any pivotal support. The wind direction structure is orient... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4391136 | Three-axis current meter A three-axis current meter for measuring all three components of current velocity in the absence of self-interference caused by the sensor supports. Acoustic transducers for measuring the current components are mounted in "fingers" which are pointed in th... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4334430 | Device for metering the angular position of a direction indicator A device for metering the angular position of a direction indicator, such as a wind direction indicator (10) mounted rotatably about an axis. The said device comprises the reference member (18) mounted rotationally about said axis and having driving means... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4245499 | Apparatus for the controlled sampling of rain water An apparatus for sampling rain which comprises a container receiving a saing vessel and provided with a cover having a drive which opens upon detection of a first rain phase and closes at a second rain phase whereby the sampling vessel remains free from ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4201973 | Airport landing indicator apparatus Airport landing indicator apparatus designed basically for remote airports and landing fields including means responsive to wind direction and a pair of runway locators, in the form of lighted directional arrows, located at opposing ends of a runway. Wind... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4170899 | Method and apparatus for measuring gas flow speed A method and apparatus for measuring the speed of a gas stream, particula suitable for use in detecting wind speed, utilizes the gas flow to create a negative pressure across a pressure sampling port oriented with its axis substantially perpendicular to ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4155252 | Wind energy metering and recording systems A system for detecting and metering wind energy and recording the total integrated energy or power levels over any desired period of time. The system emphasizes simplicity of design to achieve: a transducer sensitive to the presence of winds that embodies... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4152933 | Wind monitoring assembly and method A windborne vehicle is attached to one end of a tether line which is secured to a tether mast. The tether mast is secured to a ground anchor mechanism for rotative freedom about a vertical axis. The tether line is guided along the tether mast to align the... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4137764 | Vortex advisory system The separation between aircraft approaching a common runway is minimized by measuring the existing wind conditions at a preselected point relative to the runway threshold and basing a prediction of the movement of wake vortices on the measured conditions.... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4078426 | Anemometer An anemometer includes a rotor mounted to spin about a vertical axis in response to wind being directed against it, and a cage having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, vertically disposed vanes surrounding the rotor. The vanes deflect the nor... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4058010 | Airport wind shear monitoring method and apparatus Wind conditions and anomalies in the proxmity of an airport runway approach and departure flight path may be monitored by the tethered deployment of a plurality of extremely light and expendable airborne vehicles such as kites or balloons in an array spac... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4052894 | Velocity vector sensor for low speed airflows A dual pivoting vane having a miniature dual bead thermistor anemometer at its upstream extremity and with light beam angular position sensors on the pivot axes provides a sensitive velocity vector sensor for measuring both magnitude and direction of low ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4011752 | Adaptive speed and direction analyzer A device for the continuous computation of fluid velocity, the simultaneous analysis of direction of fluid motion, and the storage of both is described. Utilizing multiple sensors, the device computes average fluid velocity and direction over a selected f... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3971251 | Dynamically balanced apparatus for water borne instruments A dynamically balanced apparatus for water borne instruments such as current direction and velocity meters having a stand off support rotatably secured to a cable whose lower end is anchored and its upper end attached to a buoy. A swivelled connector exte... | 07/27/1976 |
