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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329963 | Hydro-electrical generator An hydroelectric generator for generating an electrical current from moving water comprises two endless belts arranged parallel to each other with adjacent runs running in the same direction. A plurality of paddles are mounted on one of the belts and arranged to eng... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7075191 | Wind and water power generation device using a rail system A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents includes a rail system forming a loop, a vane assembly having a frame and at least one vane, and a car assembly slidably mounted to the rail, including a linkage portion co... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6992402 | Wind-driven power station The wind-driven power station comprises a closed-loop rail track consisting of sections of gradual ascent and descent. The descent section directed upwind is positioned in an artificial tunnel. Basic elongated sections of the rail track are situated across the predo... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6809430 | Conveyor-type fluid energy-harnessing apparatus A conveyor-type apparatus harnesses energy from a fluid flow, for example a river or a tidal flow region, and comprises a support structure, a continuous-loop, flexible driven element, for example a pair of chains, mounted to the support structure and extending alon... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6435827 | Apparatus for generating a fluid flow An apparatus for generating a fluid flow is disclosed that circulates a plurality of spaced blades or airfoils attached to one or more drive belts about two or more spaced rotatable members. Each blade is commonly journalled with another blade. The inclin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 5758911 | Linear motion wind driven power plant A linear motion wind driven power plant utilizes a closed-loop track having a plurality of carriages configured to move thereabout. At least one sail is formed to each of the carriages so as to be rotatable 360 degrees of azimuth. At least one electrical ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5744871 | Wind system for electric power generation The system is provided with a number of blades (3) having a biconvex profile and transversely connected to the outside of a flexible transmission line (2) comprised by two or more elements, preferably steel cable, defining what could be deemed to be a clo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5134305 | Wind power machine Wind powered apparatus for attachment to a generator is provided to produce electricity. A series of foldable sails are attached to an endless chain having upper and lower reaches. Guide means control the folding and unfolding of the sails as they travel ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5056447 | Rein-deer kite What has been created is a new form of an equipment/kite that carry weight in mid-air regardless of fuel and/or wind, which converts the wind energy into mechanical energy by acting as a sail in a multi-level formation, which is in the form of a large fla... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4930985 | Wind power plant In a wind power plant having wind surfaces which are moved by air currents and coupled to a generator and are guided in longitudinal frames so as to be staggered one behind the other and are pivotally connected to lateral pulling devices and supported by ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4859146 | United sail windmill The object of this invention is to provide a large scale but low cost windmill by maximizing wind-contact out of the least cost of materials with least cost of maintenance. This is attained by making the sails (100) as large as possible using light materi... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4756666 | United sail windmill This windmill provides low cost energy out of the wind in the form of compressed air, etc, by maximizing wind-contact at the least cost of construction and maintenance, at the least cost of project site--making the "Output/Cost Ratio" very high. This is d... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4619582 | Apparatus for recovering the energy of a moving fluid Apparatus for recovering energy from a moving fluid, comprising a frame that rolls on a circular track about a vertical upright that is secured to the ground. Vanes on the frame respond to fluid pressure to orient the frame in an upstream-downstream or up... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4589344 | Monorail conveyance system for wind or water powered generator apparatus A novel wind or water powered generator apparatus is provided for generating substantial quantities of electricity. The apparatus includes a plurality of sail-driven cars connected to form a continuous chain and suspended from a monorail loop. The car sus... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4572962 | Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at high altitudes A wind-operated power-generating module for operation at high altitudes such as 1000 meters comprising a frame structure mounting a pair of vertically-separated parallel shafts around which pass endless belts supporting a series of parallel, elongate wing... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4303834 | Cable wind mill Disclosed is a wind power generating apparatus for producing megawatt levels of power. The apparatus comprises at least one endless flexible cable supported on the peripheries of two spaced apart wheels. Airfoils are attached to the cable and disposed for... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4302684 | Free wing turbine Apparatus to convert wind energy into mechanical and electrical energy including a variable pitch air-foil supported by tension guy wires on a wheeled structure constrained to move upon a continuous track. The structure includes electrical generators powe... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4292535 | Modular current power apparatus A modular apparatus which converts the work of water flowing in a waterway into usable power. The apparatus comprises a plurality of modules, and each module comprises water contacting blades which are impacted by the water a plurality of times as the wat... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4175910 | Windmotor as a windbreak This invention relates to a windmotor as a windbreak fence. The windmotor serves as a shelter from the wind by converting part of the windenergy into useful energy and part of it into whirling movements. The windmotor looks similar to a conveyor as used f... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4163905 | Electric generating water power device A submerged water power machine in which a plurality of vertical blades are connected to two endless chains, one located at the top ends and the other located at the bottom ends of the blades. The blades drive the chains about two endless horizontal track... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4124182 | Wind driven energy system Method and apparatus using parakites, or modified parachutes, for capturing wind energy and for converting the consequent wind-induced linear motion to shaft rotation. The parakite apparatus includes a plurality of trains of parakites, with each train com... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4093398 | Wind driven power mechanism A base member is disposed longitudinally in the direction of wind movement and has a pair of parallel endless carriers on opposite sides thereof. These carriers are arranged to move over an upper arcuate run and along a lower straight return run. The uppe... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4053253 | Power generating apparatus A power generating apparatus, the construction and size of which may vary from a relatively small domestic version for individual homes to a larger commercial version for power stations, comprises a device to be anchored in and driven by a substantially h... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4021140 | Variable geometry windturbine An omnidirectional turbine providing a rotational output of one sense in response to fluid flow approaching the turbine from any direction parallel to its plane of rotation. The invention is contemplated for use in conjunction with electric generators or ... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3992125 | Underwater power apparatus with furlable sails as working members Underwater power apparatus for harnessing a flowing river or large stream, includes blades or sails moving within a housing and in a circuit on a power leg and return leg. The housing directs the stream flow onto the power leg to drive the apparatus and d... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3965846 | Endless belt propulsion device for a high speed boat A special high-speed boat fixed with a propeller unit under a hull, is provided. The propeller unit includes a plurality of wheels which are arranged in a space provided in the propeller unit. An endless belt having a certain number of fixed thereto blade... | 06/29/1976 |
