Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 05/07

20070120366 - Starter system for portable internal combustion engine electric generators using a portable universal battery pack: A portable power driven system has a manually movable frame. In one example, an internal combustion engine and a generator device that generates AC power are supported on the frame. The internal combustion engine drives the generator device. An electrically powered starting device is coupled to the internal combustion engine.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070120367 - Method and system for generating electricity utilizing naturally occurring gas: A system and method for using natural gas to generate electricity. Natural gas under pressure is withdrawn from a well and passed to a turbine. The pressure of the natural gas acts on a turbine fan that in turn drives a generator to generate electricity. The natural gas used to... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070120368 - Self-powered miniature liquid treatment system with configurable hydropower generator: A liquid treatment system that may be self-powered includes a hydro-generator. A flow of liquid may be used to rotate the hydro-generator to generate electric power. The hydro-generator may include an outer housing and an inner housing. The inner housing may include a first hub removably engaged with a second... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070120369 - System and method for utility and wind turbine control: An exemplary embodiment includes a wind turbine system. The wind turbine system includes a wind turbine generator operable to supply wind turbine power to a utility system. A converter is coupled to the wind turbine generator and the utility system. The wind turbine system also includes a controller comprising an... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070120370 - Wind power installation with an asynchronous machine for establishing the azimuth position: An asynchronous machine has a first rotor/stator arrangement in which the rotor is connected to a shaft, and a method of controlling such an asynchronous machine is provided. A drive is provided which permits nullification of the play of the mechanical components in the predetermined target position without involving mutual... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070120371 - Current power generator: A current power generator includes a vertical support member mounted to the seabed and horizontal support members mounted to the vertical support member. Generators are mounted between the horizontal support members. A rotatable shaft is operatively connected to each of the generators such that when the shaft rotates, the generator... Agent: James E. Bradley Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070114795 - Flywheel system with synchronous reluctance and permanent magnet generators: The present invention provides a flywheel system with a variable speed synchronous reluctance motor-generator and a variable speed permanent magnet generator for providing backup power. The flywheel system incorporates rotating elements supported by electromagnetic bearings. Electric power provided by the backup generator maintains electromagnetic bearing operation during that portion of... Agent: Kenneth J. Hovet Nordman, Cormany, Hair & Compton LLP

20070114796 - System and method for integrating wind and hydroelectric generation and pumped hydro energy storage systems: An integrated, wind-pumped hydro power generation system includes at least one wind turbine generator device configured to generate output power for a common bus, and at least one hydro generator device configured to generate output power for the common bus. The hydro generator device is powered by water flow. The... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070114798 - Lightweight hub for rotors: A structure for a hub of a rotor includes a space frame having truss members configured to carry primary torsion, bending, and direct loading. The structure also includes a shell on the space frame configured to stabilize the space frame and carry shear loading.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070114797 - Systems and methods for directing a current: A method for directing a current generated by a lightning striking a wind turbine is described. The method includes directing the current from a main shaft of the wind turbine to a brake disc attached to the shaft, and directing the current from the brake disc to one of a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070114799 - Systems and methods for damping a displacement of a wind turbine tower: A method for damping a displacement of a wind turbine tower includes controlling a frequency of oscillation of the wind turbine tower by coupling one of a first beam and a water tank to a plurality of surfaces inside the wind turbine tower.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070108767 - Engine-driven generator: An engine-driven generator is provided that is formed by supporting on a frame (2) an engine (3) and a generator (4) driven by the engine (3), wherein the frame is formed by integrally connecting via a cross member (7) lower side sections of a pair of left and right side... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070108768 - Generation of energy from subsurface water currents: Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for generating energy. According to one representative embodiment, a main housing includes an air chamber having an open bottom, and a paddlewheel is attached to the main housing so that the paddlewheel is free to rotate and thereby generate kinetic energy.... Agent: Joseph Swan, A Professional Corporation

20070108769 - Operating method for a wind park: The present invention concerns a method of operating a wind park having a plurality of wind power installations. The invention further concerns a wind power installation having an electrically excited generator and a wind park having a central apparatus for controlling the park. Therefore the object of the present invention... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070108771 - Power converters: The present invention provides a power converter that can be used to interface a generator that provides variable voltage at variable frequency to a supply network operating at nominally fixed voltage and nominally fixed frequency and including features that allow the power converter to remain connected to the supply network... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070108770 - Rotor for a wind energy turbine: A the rotor for a wind energy turbine includes a hub and at least one rotor blade connected to the hub. The rotor also includes comprises at least one sensor for sensing at least one physical value of the rotor, e.g. mechanical stress, and a power supply for supplying electrical... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070108772 - Motor-driven supercharger: There are provided with a motor rotor (22) fixed to a turbine shaft (12) and rotating together with the turbine shaft, a motor stator (24) surrounding the motor rotor and fixed within a bearing housing (16), an inverted (26) converting a dc power into an ac power, and an inverter... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070108774 - Archimedes power generator: The Archimedes Power Generator is a process designed to produce electric power from rising and falling water levels of the ocean due to tidal motion. The generator is composed of a barge enclosed within a containment area that has holes built into the containment walls allowing the barge to rise... Agent: Bruce Charles Estes

20070108773 - Wave power apparatus comprising a plurality of arms arranged to pivot with a mutual phase shift: A wave power apparatus includes a plurality of rotationally supported arms, each of which carries a float (124) at its free end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm. The apparatus comprises power conversion means for converting power transmitted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070108775 - Vehicle-mounted generator: A vehicle-mounted generator is powered by relative wind produced by the combination of ambient wind and motion of the vehicle, or by movement of water when mounted on the hull of a water-borne vehicle. A rigid cylindrical housing forms an enclosed interior chamber. Wind asymmetrically enters the chamber through an... Agent: Steven W. Smith

20070108776 - 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 with at least one... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070102928 - Method and structure for kinetic energy based generator for portable electronic devices: An asymmetric flywheel is coupled to an input gear that is attached to a lever or alike. The input gear and flywheel gear are engaged as the user rotates the lever. As a result, the flywheel spins and electricity is generated by the micro electromagnetic generator. When there is no... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070102929 - Power device: A turntable and a top-pushing rod, wherein said turntable is provided pivotally at equal interval along its peripheral direction with a plurality of rod bodies, and wherein said rod bodies are provided at their ends near the periphery of the turntable with heavy blocks, while said rod bodies are engaged... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070102930 - Starting control apparatus: A starting control apparatus includes a state determining unit that determines whether each of a plurality of power units is in any one of a normal state and an abnormal state, and a warming-up control unit that controls an abnormal power unit not to start and causes a normal power... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102931 - Automotive alternator voltage control apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a voltage control apparatus enabling reduction in an angle formed by first and second circumferential end surfaces of a general fan shape centered around a slinger. In the present invention, a slinger, a brush holder, and a connector are constituted by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070102932 - Vehicle alternator: A vehicle alternator for generating electric power is driven by an engine mounted on a vehicle driven through a driving belt. The alternator has a pulley part joined to and directly receiving a driving force from the engine through the driving belt, a field magnet part located in separation from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102933 - Electrical generator: An electrical generator having two generator components, namely a coil and a magnet. One of the generator components is attached to a fixed or buoyant pylon, and the other of the generator components is attached to a float that rises and falls in response to changes in the water level... Agent: Law Offices Of Gregory W Moravan

20070102934 - Integrated wind power generator: An integrated wind power generator is a device that integrates the functions of a wind turbine and a generator. In the main part of the induced structural component are located the induction circuits, the core and the coil, and in the motor-inducer component, the blades supports and the induction poles... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070102936 - System and method for ac power generation from a reluctance machine: A system and method is provided for generating AC power using a synchronous reluctance machine (12) or a salient-pole synchronous machine (102) and a power converter (110). The present invention can be used to achieve power production for a synchronous reluctance machine (12), or can be used to achieve AC... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070102935 - System and method for dc power generation from a reluctance machine: A system and method is provided for generating DC power using a synchronous reluctance machine (12) or a salient-pole synchronous machine (102) and a power converter (110). The present invention can be used to achieve power production for a synchronous reluctance machine (12), or can be used to achieve partial... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070102937 - Wave power apparatus having a float and means for locking the float in a position above the ocean surface: A wave power apparatus includes at least one rotationally supported arm (122) which carries a float (124) at its free end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm (122). The apparatus comprises power conversion means for converting power transmitted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070102938 - Infuser augmented vertical wind turbine electrical generating system: A wind turbine for generating electrical power having a vertical “Savonius rotor type” wind rotatable turbine with multiple fixed pitch blades and a rotatable wind inlet duct having an identical number of multiple infuser-shaped aerodynamic guides as the pitch blades and is mounted in the duct to direct equal air... Agent: R. J. Lasker, Esq.

20070102939 - 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 generator for conversion of the mechanical energy of the rotor... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070102940 - Vessel for transporting wind turbines, methods of moving a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for an off-shore wind farm: A wind turbine (1) has a base (5) divided into at least three ballast tanks (12). A vessel (7) has means for displacing the wind turbine between a loading space (25) and an unloading position (26). At its unloading position the vessel has winches (11) with at least three flexible... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070096469 - Body-carrying human power generation system: A human power generation system includes a generation module and a generator. The generation module includes two speed-up great sets and a rack. Each speed-up gear set includes a shaft to which a pinion and a gear are coaxially mounted. The pinion of the first gear set engages the rack.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070096470 - Gravitational and air transfer electrical generation: An improved system for generating electricity by harnessing natural gravitational forces, wherein a plurality of vessels are placed at the bottom of a deep enclosed chamber of liquid, the vessels being secured around tracking cables which extend within the chamber, and are held in place by the air lock Each... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070096471 - Active anti-islanding system and method: An engine control system suited for use with an engine that outputs electrical power to a local load and is electrically connected to an electrical grid. The engine generates power at a power output value and the load consumes power at a load value. The engine control system includes a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070096472 - Tidal turbine installation: The invention relates to an apparatus for generating electric power in freely flowing rivers, comprising a housing consisting of an outside housing (6) and an inside housing (7) having an outlet (10) formed as a suction pipe, with cavities (17) being provided between the outside housing (6) and the inside... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC