Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 03/07

20070069520 - Power converter: A power converter, comprising an input circuit having a single diode rectifier (D); and a switcher mode power supply IC (SMPS).... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070069521 - Power control system and method: This invention discloses a power control system comprising a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. The control device further is coupled with the prime mover and the generator wherein the control device ascertains a power level of the generator and varies an output power of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20070069522 - Wind turbine and method for operating same: A wind turbine includes an asynchronous generator having a rotor and a stator, means for determining an actual torque-speed curve of the generator, means for determining an actual grid frequency, and means for determining a shifted torque-speed curve in response to the determined actual grid frequency if the determined actual... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070063518 - Ac/dc power unit to replace fuel burning engines: The patent I am applying for is a AC/DC SELF GENERATING MOTOR SYSTEM to replace fuel burning engines. This system Will allow a vehicle to drive coast to coast to coast with out the need to refuel. The vehicle still uses it's alternator, a/c unit, power steering unit and smog... Agent: Michael W. Galyen

20070063519 - Method for operating a wind turbine: A system and method for operating a wind turbine with a generator, drivable by a rotor, for supplying electrical power to an electric load, in particular an electric grid, are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment generates electrical power from an electrical generator coupled to the wind turbine, outputs the generated... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070063520 - Kinetic hydropower generation from slow-moving water flows: A power generation flume for use with fluid or water flow channels that includes an acceleration zone where a power generation system can be used in an accelerated flow to generate power in a cost efficient manner. The flume can have a variety of dimensions and can be used at... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070057510 - Power system with fuel cell and localized air-conditioning for computing equipment: Disclosed is a power system which uses a fuel cell. DC output from the fuel cell is inverted to power an air conditioner. The air conditioner is used for the purpose of cooling equipment in the facility in the event the primary source of AC power fails. The air conditioner... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20070057511 - Method of controlling a reversible, polyphase rotary electrical machine for a motor vehicle having a heat engine: The method of controlling a reversible, polyphase rotary electrical machine called an alternator-starter, for a motor vehicle with a heat engine, the machine being adapted to work either as an electric generator—in an alternator mode—or as an electric motor, in particular for starting the engine, the machine comprising a rotor... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20070057512 - Load-based quadratic compensator gain adjustment: One embodiment includes an internal combustion engine, a sensor signal representative of an observed engine speed, and a controller. This controller is responsive to the sensor signal to determine a control input representative of a difference between the observed engine speed and a desired engine speed. The controller defines a... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070057513 - Prime mover output control system: A prime mover control system is provided that can prevent magnification of power fluctuation, included in a feedback signal, that occurs between a generator and a power system, and that enables stable operation of the prime mover to continue, without disturbing the power system. In the case where a deviation... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070057514 - Vehicle-use generator: The vehicle-use generator includes a first rotor core having a first field coil wound therearound, a second rotor core having a second field coil wound therearound, a rotating shaft belt-driven by a vehicle engine, the first and second rotor cores being mounted in tandem on the rotating shaft, a stator... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070057515 - Dual wind or hydraulic electric generating turbine: A wind turbine with a hydraulic motor in the nacelle configured to provide constant rotation of a generator (6). A wind turbine is connected to a generator (6) through a rotor (1), clutches (3, 9), a geared transfer case (2), and a gearbox (7). When insufficient wind is present, an... Agent: Christopher Bruce Daniels

20070057516 - Pitch control battery backup methods and system: A method for controlling a pitch control system of a wind turbine includes providing a charged backup battery configured to supply no energy to a DC link when full AC input power is available, wherein the DC link includes a DC link capacitor. The method further includes using energy stored... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070057517 - Wind turbine load control method: A method for limiting loads in a wind turbine by using measured loads or wind speed to increase the minimum pitch angle for extended periods. The minimum pitch angle will be allowed to relax down to the default when load excursions diminish. The method will allow turbines to capture more... Agent: John Vanden Bosche

20070057518 - Reservoirs in the air and reservoirs on the water: A method of collecting water and generating electricity by a reservoir in the air or on the water is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing hollow buoyant members under the reservoir as support; providing steel ropes; driving piles into the ground and securing same to the steel ropes;... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070052240 - Pedal generator: A pedal generator having a single foot operated pedal, and spring biased means for converting oscillatory movement of the pedal into drive for an alternator, the pedal comprises a pedal lever (2) connected to a drive shaft (3) and movable between a raised position and a lowered position so that... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070052241 - Auxiliary power device for refrigerated trucks: An auxiliary power device for attachment to an existing refrigeration unit of a refrigerated trailer to serve as a power source to a truck cab, thereby allow operation of electrical devices in said cab without idling of the truck's engine. The auxiliary power device comprises a housing attached beneath the... Agent: Ober Kaler Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20070052242 - Energy recovery system and method: A system and method for recovering energy consisting of a mechanical apparatus having a principal motor and a drive shaft, and a recovery motor having a drive means coupled to the drive shaft of the principal motor, wherein the rotation of the drive means is a function of the rotation... Agent: John Mascarin

20070052243 - Control apparatus for selectively controlling output current and output voltage of electric generator: An electric generator control apparatus of a vehicle sets respective target values of output voltage and output current for the electric generator of the vehicle, and selectively establishes a voltage control mode for holding the generator output voltage at the target voltage or a current control mode for holding the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052244 - Control system for doubly fed induction generator: A controller (28) for a doubly fed induction generator (12,20) adjusts control signals to a rotor side converter (24) and line side converter (22) to adjust rotor current when a voltage transient on a utility grid (10) occurs, so that the doubly fed induction generator can ride through the transient.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20070046027 - Expandable wave energy conversion system: A wave energy converter (WEC) for converting energy contained in surface waves on a body of water to useful energy comprises two floats movable relative to one another in response to passing surface waves. Both floats comprise expandable outer envelopes which have been expanded into full and firm shape. In... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer

20070046028 - Turbine-integrated hydrofoil: A turbine integrated within a hydrofoil extracts energy from a free-flowing motive fluid. In the preferred embodiment, the turbine is of the crossflow variety with runner blades coaxial to the width of the hydrofoil. The foremost edge of the hydrofoil comprises a slot covered by a continuously adjustable gate for... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070046029 - Magnus type wind power generator: A Magnus type wind power generator (A) comprising a horizontal rotary shaft (3) for transmitting torque to a power generating mechanism (2), rotary columns (5) disposed radially of the horizontal rotary shaft (3), driving motors (15) for rotatively driving the respective rotary columns (5) around the axes thereof, in which... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.