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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663263 | Wind turbine power module mounted on the tower foundation The invention relates to a method of constructing a wind energy plant and to a wind energy plant as such. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for constructing wind energy plants at lower expenses and more rapidly. According to one embodiment, a method for... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663262 | System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy for a building and the like A system for converting an airflow into mechanical or electrical energy and dimensioned to be attachable to a structure. The system includes a leading edge member, a pair of drawtube arrays, and an energy conversion device located between the pair of drawtube arrays... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659637 | Variable speed wind power generation system A variable speed wind power generation system including a wind turbine, a generation power command unit for generating a generation power command value based on a state quantity of the wind turbine and a generator control unit for controlling the power converter for... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656055 | Hydro-wind power generating turbine system and retrofitting method An electrical power producing wind turbine eliminates the possibility of being struck by lightning, reduces the complexity of gear trains and simplifies maintenance at heights. The wind turbine is electrically isolated from ground to reduce the possibility of being ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7652389 | Air-wind power system for a vehicle The present invention provides an air-wind power system for a vehicle having an electrically operable drive system. The system includes at least one battery which is mounted within an interior portion of such vehicle and which is connected to such drive system and a... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7649277 | Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator, a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor shaft and generator shaft, and a drive unit, wherein before connecting the synchronous generator to the electric grid, the dr... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7642668 | Power transmission apparatus for wind generator Disclosed is a power transmission apparatus for a wind generator having an electric generator connected to an apparatus rotor by a main shaft. The electric generator includes a generator rotor and a generator stator. The electric generator may be assembled to the ma... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638893 | Method for operating a wind park Wind power installations were initially always erected in the form of individual units and it is only in recent years that, caused also by administrative and building regulations, wind power installations are frequently installed in wind parks. In that respect a win... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638894 | Method for operation of a wind energy installation A wind energy installation (10) and a method for operation of a wind energy installation (10), with the wind energy installation (10) having a rotor (18) which can be driven by wind, having at least one rotor blade (22), a generato... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638895 | Modular fluid-energy system A modular fluid-driven power generation system includes a frame; a rotor structure having an axis of rotation; the rotor structure including a plurality of blades, with each blade having a radial edge parallel to the axis of rotation and first and second axial ends ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633178 | Fluid driven energy generator The present invention may be used for converting fluid flow into an alternate energy form. A generally cylindrical enclosure may have a side wall with a plurality of slots longitudinally formed therein and with two opposed ends. Two drive members of a shaft may be s... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7629705 | Method and apparatus for operating electrical machines A method for operating an electrical machine includes coupling the electrical machine to an electric power system such that the electric power system is configured to transmit at least one phase of electric power to and from the electrical machine. The method also i... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7619321 | Method of operating a wind power station When planning and setting up wind power installations, the visual detractions to be expected on the part of the wind power installation on the environment play an increasingly important part in approval and acceptance. The shadow casting caused by the wind power ins... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615883 | Wind driven venturi turbine A venturi tube wind turbine comprising a venturi tube having inlet and outlet openings, opposed side members and a constricted throat section, where two of the opposing side members comprise rotatable endless belts each having mounted thereon a plurality of wind cat... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615884 | Hybrid wind turbine system, apparatus and method A hybrid wind turbine assembly and method capable of providing a total firm power output. There is a wind power section which delivers non-firm power from the wind turbine to a generator section. Then there is also an auxiliary power section which is capable of prov... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612463 | Generator Within a power generating arrangement 1 it is typically necessary to provide a coupling with an electrical power distribution cable 5. Previously this was sometimes achieved through use of brush gear and slip rings but such arrangements are subject to ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608939 | Methods and apparatus for assembling and operating monocoque rotary machines A method and apparatus of assembling a rotary machine includes providing at least one component. The component is at least one of a rotating member and a stationary member. The method and apparatus also includes coupling the component to a monocoque nacelle structur... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605491 | Apparatus for generating electric power using wind energy An apparatus for generating electric power from wind energy includes: a blade unit having upright blades connected fixedly to an upright rod that has a lower end disposed pivotally in a base such that the blade unit is rotatable relative to the base so as to convert... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602077 | Systems and methods for tethered wind turbines According to some embodiments, an airborne body extends horizontally along an axis between a first point and a second point. The body may be, for example, at least partially filled with a gas. Two or more vanes may be provided airborne with the body such that the va... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7595565 | Do-it-yourself wind power generation wall A do-it-yourself wind power generation wall includes a plurality of wind power generation modules, each having a bushing, a wind power generation unit and a connecting rod. The exterior of the bushing forms a plurality of insert portions, and the wind power generati... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7595566 | Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor and generator, and the gear ratio of which is adjusted by a control unit, characterised in that a mode of operation is pro... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7592712 | Electric generator device actuated by a fluid flow An electric generator device comprising a panel bearing one or more electric generating machines each including a stator and a rotor concentric and substantially co-planar. The rotor is supported in rotation by the stator and presents a central part bearing one or m... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7582982 | Omni Directional wind generator A wind generator comprising omni directional wind vanes as the source of mechanical energy. The generator comprises an inner and outer rotor, each rotor supporting a plurality of radially extending vanes. The vanes are configured to have a front side that captures w... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579706 | Wind energy system with a fully integrated machine assembly A wind energy system comprising a tower, a machine housing which is rotatably arranged on the tower about its axis, receiving a gear mechanism, a generator, a slip ring arrangement, a brake, and a rotor which is mounted in the machine housing and which is provided w... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7573148 | Boundary layer wind turbine A wind turbine including a stator assembly having a plurality of stator blades for tangentially redirecting wind into a rotor assembly having a plurality of vertical rotor blades disposed circumferentially on a plurality of disks stacked one on top of each other. Ea... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573149 | 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 aw... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7557458 | Soundproof type engine generator A soundproof type engine generator has a first external air inlet and a second external air inlet formed on a soundproof case K. A first cooling passage guides external air drawn in through the first external air inlet through a duct to a first fan, then from the fi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7550864 | Wind turbine A rotor for a wind turbine comprising a plurality of radial blades and a ring-shaped aerofoil diffuser connecting the outer tips of the blades. Also disclosed is a wind turbine comprising said rotor and further comprising a nacelle and a mounting means adapted to al... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550865 | Wind turbine having variable pitch airfoils that close when moving against the direction of the wind A wind turbine, having: a rotatable frame; a plurality of airfoils mounted to the rotatable frame, the wherein the airfoils extend parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable frame, and wherein the airfoils are individually pivotable with respect to the rotatab... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547986 | Wind power generating device A wind power generating device includes a housing, a transmission unit, at least one winding disc, at least one magnetic disc, and a rotating unit. When there are a plurality of winding discs and a plurality of magnetic discs, the winding discs and the magnetic disc... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547985 | Wind turbine apparatus Conventionally, a main shaft of the wind turbine apparatus has awkward such as heaviness or difficulties of assembling, since the length of the main shaft must be long to support a generator rotor. It is requested originally to light heaviness of a wind turbine appa... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7538447 | Energy recovery system including a flow guide apparatus An energy recovery system includes a ventilation system of a defined area, at least one windmill located exterior to the defined area and at least one flow guide apparatus positioned between the at least one exhaust and the at least one windmill. The ventilation sys... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538446 | Gear integrated generator for wind turbine A gear integrated generator for a wind turbine having a tower, a nacelle, and a hub is described. The gear integrated generator includes: a stator supporting frame having a stator supporting portion, a radially extending portion and a rotor frame supporting portion,... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7528497 | Wind-turbine with load-carrying skin A horizontal axis wind-turbine includes a stationary support structure, a two-bladed rotor supported by the stationary support structure, and a hollow shaft rotationally attached to the stationary support structure through a bearing. Teeter hinges are spaced apart f... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528498 | Wind power system The provided wind power system includes a frame, at least a power module installed in the frame and a motor, wherein the number of the at least a power module is increasable, and the respective power module is extractable from the frame through an extraction directi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7504740 | Magnus type wind power generator A Magnus type wind power generator includes a horizontal rotary shaft for transmitting torque to a power generating mechanism. Rotary columns are disposed radially of the horizontal rotary shaft. Driving motors rotatively drive the respective rotary columns around t... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504741 | Wind energy plant with a steerable kite The present invention provides a device for converting wind flow energy into mechanical energy, comprising a wind-engaging member having an aerodynamic profile which generates an uplift force in the direction of a load cable when the airflow direction is perpendicul... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7504742 | Method for the erection of a wind energy plant, and wind energy plant A wind power installation, according to one aspect, comprising a pylon which is based on a foundation and a power module, wherein the power module includes at least a transformer, which the electrical energy provided by the generator of the wind power installation i... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7479709 | Wind-tunnel type power generator A wind-tunnel type power generator includes an outer cover, a turbine rotor, an air escape valve, and at least a rear fin. The outer cover is a convergent-divergent shape and the turbine rotor is installed into an inner flowing path thereof, the air escape valve is ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7476987 | Stand-alone wind turbine system, apparatus, and method suitable for operating the same This invention provides a wind turbine-battery-dump load stand-alone renewable energy system and an optimal control of the same. The system may include both power conversion and control units. In one embodiment, the power conversion unit features a wind-turbine-driv... | 01/13/2009 |