Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 12/07

20070296221 - Retrofittable power distribution system for a household: An alternator is also operatively connected to the energy converting means. The alternator is configured to convert the motion produced by the energy converting means into another electric current. The alternator transmits this electric current to a bank of batteries which stores the charge. An inverter is electrically connected to... Agent: Tracy D Blacjman

20070296222 - Retrofittable power distribution system for a household: An alternator is also operatively connected to the energy converting means. The alternator is configured to convert the motion produced by the energy converting means into another electric current. The alternator transmits this electric current to a bank of batteries which stores the charge. An inverter is electrically connected to... Agent: Tracy D Blacjman

20070296223 - Portable combination utility and power tool unit: A device provides utilities, including both mechanical and electrical sources of power, and various power tools, from a self-contained and independently operable compact unit configured for transportation to, and use in, various field applications. An internal combustion engine (ICE) mechanically drives an electric generator, an air compressor and a water... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070296216 - Wind generator: A wind generator has a post, a rail mounted on the post and a blade assembly mounted rotatably on a top of the post. The blade assembly includes multiple blades radially formed around a base. Each blade has multiple vents, a slat and multiple relief valves. The slat is controllable... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070296217 - Multi-cylinder wind powered generator: A multiple generator having a vertical post and multiple vertical tubes has the generators positioned vertically one above the other. Each is cylindrical in shape and has two rings separated by connecting fins. The cylinders vary in size with the top being the smallest, the middle or second being larger... Agent: Charles Y. Lackey

20070296215 - Starting a gas turbine engine: A method and apparatus for starting a gas turbine engine using a brushless sensorless machine, the machine having a rotor and a stator with windings, the method including positioning the rotor at a desired position with respect to the stator and then energizing the windings of the stator.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070296219 - 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. Each disk defines at least one opening thereon... Agent: Robic

20070296218 - Wind turbine having variable pitch airfoils: 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 rotatable frame; and a mechanism that holds each... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070296220 - Wind turbine, a method for assembling and handling the wind turbine and uses hereof: The invention relates to a wind turbine including a foundation and a tower positioned on the foundation where the tower includes more than one modules, where the modules each include a separate strengthening structure defining the outer edges of the module and wind turbine equipment, and where the more than... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070290510 - Combustion generator enhancement device: The present invention provides a combustion generator device releasably engageable with a portable generator, including a housing defining an intake conduit, an interior chamber, and an outlet conduit having defining a fluid flow path. The intake conduit defines a first longitudinal axis, the interior chamber defines a second longitudinal axis,... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070290506 - Methods and apparatus for supplying and/or absorbing reactive power: A wind turbine includes a rotor having a hub, at least one rotor blade coupled to the hub, and a rotor shaft coupled to said hub for rotation therewith. The wind turbine also includes an electrical generator coupled to the rotor shaft, and a generator-side frequency converter electrically coupled to... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070290508 - Apparatus for converting ocean wave energy to electrical energy: A wave motion generator having a bore hole at a coastline of an ocean. The bore hole lower end communicates with the ocean underwater while the upper end is above water level, allowing wave motion within the bore hole. A float disposed within the bore hole may travel along the... Agent: Barber Legal

20070290507 - Methods and apparatus for electric power grid frequency stabilization: A method and apparatus for operating a combined-cycle power system is provided. The system is coupled to an electric power grid. The system includes at least one electric power generator, at least one steam turbine coupled to the generator, at least one combustion turbine coupled to the generator, and at... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070290509 - Wind energy plant with a rotor: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is coupled to a gear via a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being double bearing mounted via one rotor side bearing and one gear side bearing, wherein a connection between rotor shaft and gear is provided at the gear side of the... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070284886 - Energy-free generator device: An energy-free generator device is comprised of a body, which a driving motor and two generators installed inside the body. The driving motor and two generators are connected by a belt, and the driving motor also connected with a battery. Using the battery to start the driving motor and then... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070284887 - Using sound waves and photic energy for electric power: An electric power generating and gaining device using sound waves and photic energy to generate magnetism together using a crystal microphone device providing a metallic film with metallic coil leading wires to sense and receive the frequency of external sound waves and pressure to form a vibratile magnetic field (N... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070284888 - Engine control device: An engine control device that controls an engine having a brushless motor as a starter motor, wherein the control device comprises a pickup coil that outputs a pulse signal at a crank angle position set in a crank angle section where a load applied to the brushless motor in cranking... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070284882 - Water turbine system and method of operation: A system for providing electrical power from a current turbine is provided. The system includes a floatation device and a mooring. A water turbine structure is provided having an upper and lower portion wherein the lower portion includes a water fillable chamber. A plurality of cables are used to couple... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Proton

20070284883 - Clean energy generation system: The present invention relates to an inexpensive system for the production of clean energy. The system of the present invention comprises a chamber system utilizing active buoyancy of a weighted bladder to pressurize and vacuum air within said chamber thus driving rotary impellers for actuation of one or more electrical... Agent: Mike Gauthier

20070284885 - Wind generator system: The present invention is a new and novel wind generator system particularly suitable for small wind applications that harnesses low velocity wind effectively. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the wind generator system comprises a drive shaft; a plurality of blades attached to the drive shaft and extending radially... Agent: Mark F. Smith

20070284881 - Energy generation device adaptable to a means of rotation: This invention is an energy generating device adaptable to a “means of rotation” which captures human energy by converting it to usable energy. This process occurs through the conversion of energy from the body to a “means of rotation” to an alternator to a battery. Then, the battery's output energy,... Agent: Brian James Mclaughlin, Jennifer Berger

20070284884 - Flow enhancement for underwater turbine: A flow enhancement improvement for an underwater turbine generator (10) is disclosed wherein a longitudinal hole (240) is disposed in the central area (26), typically a hub (20) of the generator (10), and a second, augmentor duct (41), preferably rigid, is disposed about the outer duct (40) or housing of... Agent: Miller Nash LLP

20070278799 - Spring activated energy transducer generating a/c electricity from natural forces-frictionless magnetic plate: A spring activated energy transducer is provided. The energy transducer of the current invention generates alternating current (A/C) electricity from abundant external natural forces. The energy transducer is comprised of an upper part and a lower part. The upper part is comprised of a housing, a helix metal spring, a... Agent: Eugene Oak, Ph.d., J.d., M.div. Patent Attorney

20070278800 - Linear generator: A linear generator which generates electric energy by reciprocal movement of magnets with inductive coils is provided. The linear generator has a plurality of elongate inductive coils, a plurality of magnets inserted into the respective inductive coils and slidable between two opposing ends of the inductive coils, a pulley assembly... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070278801 - Engine-driven power generator: The present invention provides an engine-driven synchronous power generator that selects the operation state with respect to the load of the power generator by controlling the revolution. The electronic governor 4 includes a target revolution determining unit 10 including a storage 101 for providing a constant target engine revolution irrespective... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070278796 - System for generating electricity from fluid currents: A system for generating electricity from fluid currents having one or more trolleys that move along a closed-loop track as a result of the action of fluid currents on one or more blades attached to each trolley. Spacing between trolleys is preferably maintained by a spacing ring to which the... Agent: Thompson E. Fehr Goldenwest Corporate Center

20070278797 - Power conditioning architecture for a wind turbine: s

20070278798 - Way to increase the power of a windmill by 10 to 20 times:

20070278795 - Method for creating energy sources for a vehicle drive system: The method for creating energy sources for a vehicle drive system includes burning an air fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine and discharging the burned air fuel mixture through an exhaust system of the vehicle. Steam is created utilizing heat of the exhaust system. The steam is passed through... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP