Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 04/07

20070090648 - Energy generation device: A machine containing many moveable parts that outputs more energy than it takes to make it operate is provided. In operation, a plurality of heavy, preferably metal, balls are arranged to roll from a first location on a level platform down an inclined tube to a first stop gate located... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP Robert D. Fish

20070090649 - Electrical generator system: An electrical generator system includes a source for producing heated gases, a conduit connected to the source for receiving a flow of the heated gases, and a generator assembly positioned in close proximity to the conduit. The generator assembly includes a plurality of magnets positioned in a spaced relationship, the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070090650 - Construction machine: An inverter/converter as a kind of hybrid unit is composed of a body and a casing covering the body and is disposed in an engine room. An air intake port and an air discharge port each provided with a fan are formed in the casing to configure an internal air... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070090651 - Method for operating a wind park: A wind park system is disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises at least one wind power installation having a generator for the delivery of electrical power to an electrical network, characterized in that the power delivered to the network by the wind park is regulated or adjusted in dependence on... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070090652 - Wave power assembly: A wave power assembly having a hull and a linear electric generator. The rotor is connected to the hull by connection means so that lifting force is transferred from the hull to the rotor. Spring means exert a force on the rotor that is counter-directed the lifting force. The spring... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070090653 - Hover installed renewable energy tower: The invention provides a scaleable tower that adapts to the technologies of photovoltaic panels and micro to small turbine(s), in multiple configurations, raised in a hover-up manner.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070085342 - Traffic-actuated electrical generator apparatus: A traffic-actuated power generating apparatus includes a low pressure fluid supply reservoir, a high pressure fluid accumulator, and at least one energy collection device positioned in the path of oncoming traffic to be actuated thereby and pump fluid from the reservoir to the accumulator upon actuation. The energy collection device... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070085345 - Corrosion protection for wind turbine units in a marine environment: A corrosion protected wind turbine unit includes a wind turbine unit support structure or foundation implanted in water and an impressed current anode electrochemically coupled to the wind turbine unit support structure or foundation through the water. Also included is a controlled current source configured to receive electrical current from... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070085344 - Method for operating a frequency converter of a generator: Method for operating a frequency converter of a generator The method relates to the operation of a frequency converter of a generator in particular of a wind energy turbine, in the event of a substantial grid voltage drop, wherein the frequency converter (10) comprises an AC/DC converter (20), to be... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070085343 - Method for operating or controlling a wind turbine and method for providing primary control power by means of wind turbines: A method for operating at least one wind turbine with a rotor and an electric generator coupled to the rotor for delivering electrical power into an energy distribution system with the aid of a control device ensures that the wind turbine operates within its operating range. The wind turbine is... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070085346 - Method and apparatus for gravity induced thermal energy dissipation: A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat sink includes a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070080537 - Extending fuel economy operating range in gasoline direct injection (gdi) engines: An engine control system for controlling engine operation in high-output (HO) and fuel-economy (FE) modes in a gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine includes an alternator that is driven by the engine and that is regulated by a load control signal. An alternator load control module generates the load control signal... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070080538 - Method for estimating engine power in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for estimating engine power output for an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain that includes an electric motor and an electric generator. Selected powertrain variables, including electric motor torque and electric generator torque, are used in determining desired vehicle traction wheel torque and an estimated... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070080539 - Method of operation for a self-protecting wave energy conversion plant: A wavefarm (10) comprises a multiplicity of wave energy converters, comprising linear generators (19, 20, 21) and (22) which are driven by floats immersed in the sea, (14). In normal wave conditions, all of the generators supply a land line (17) via a control unit (18). In the event of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070080540 - Hydraulic buoyancy kinetic energy apparatus: A hydraulic buoyancy kinetic energy apparatus includes two buoys which are located at an upper position and a lower position respectively. A chain is connected between the two buoys so as to alternatively move the two buoys. Water inside a water tank fills an air storage cylinder to push the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070075545 - Zero pollution vertical/linear electrical generation facility: An electrical generation facility includes a drive unit and an electrical generation unit. The drive unit takes the form of a pump jack of the type commonly used to extract oil from oil fields. As such it has a walking beam to which a rocking motion is imparted by a... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070075546 - System and method for upwind speed based control of a wind turbine: A method for controlling power output of a wind turbine generator in response to an anticipated change in wind speed is provided. The method includes sensing wind speed at a desired distance from the wind turbine generator in a direction of the wind. The method further includes controlling pitch of... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070075548 - Removable bearing arrangement for a wind turbine generator: A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070075547 - System and method for driving a monopile for supporting an offshore wind turbine: A method for installing an offshore wind turbine system includes driving a cylindrical annular monopile or a substructure into the soil. The monopile includes a flanged portion configured to support a wind turbine tower or a superstructure. The flanged portion extends radially from a peripheral surface of the monopile. The... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070075549 - Wind power plant based on the windmill principle with an additional vane bearing at the vane end: The present invention concerns a wind power plant with a central rotor unit (1); a ring carrier element (2), which surrounds the central rotor unit (1) in a concentric configuration; and with several rotor vanes (3) which are fixed with a bearing to the rotor unit (1) and to the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.