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Prime-mover dynamo plants January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/09

20090026772 - Integrative combined vehicle power allotment mechanism: An integrative combined vehicle power allotment mechanism includes an electric energy unit, an electric power control unit, an electric power unit, a heat power unit, an one-way clutch unit, a power allotment unit, and a speed change unit. The electric energy unit formed of a storage battery, the heat power... Agent: Hdsl

20090026767 - Modular system for generating electricity from moving fluid: A modular system for producing electricity from the channel, river, ocean or tidal water currents and wind is disclosed. The embodiments of the system comprise a set of interconnected modules. Each module contains a fluid flow energy converter positioned in a protecting housing. A converter consists of a vertical axis... Agent: Edouard Petrounevitch

20090026768 - Faucet generator: A faucet generator includes: a cylindrical body which has a water inflow port and a water outflow port, and in which a water supply channel is formed; a rotor vane which has rotor vane blades, and which is disposed in the water supply channel; a magnet which is rotatable integrally... Agent: Kimble Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

20090026769 - Faucet generator: A faucet generator includes; a rotor vane which is disposed in a water supply channel; an annular magnet which is rotatable integrally with the rotor vane; and a stator having: a coil which is disposed to be opposed to an end face of the magnet that is substantially perpendicular to... Agent: Kimble Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

20090026770 - Emergency supply unit with a ram-air turbine adapted to be driven by an air stream and with an energy converter for aircraft: The invention relates to an emergency supply unit (1) with a ram-air turbine (2) which can be driven by an air stream (14) and with an energy converter (4) for at least partly maintaining the functioning of a hydraulic system and/or electrical system on board an aircraft in an emergency... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20090026771 - Wind turbine having a direct-drive drivetrain: A wind turbine comprising an electrical generator that includes a rotor assembly. A wind rotor that includes a wind rotor hub is directly coupled to the rotor assembly via a simplified connection. The wind rotor and generator rotor assembly are rotatably mounted on a central spindle via a bearing assembly.... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20090021023 - Shelf storage system with energy recycling: In a shelf storage system (1) comprising at least two shelf units (1a-1d), wherein each shelf unit has a separate moveable shelf feeder device (5) with electric drive motors (6, 7, 8), and comprising an electric energy supply circuit (P, S1, S2, S3) which supplies the shelf units (1a-1d) with... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090021010 - Closed-cycle mhd-faraday generation of electric power using steam as the gaseous medium: A closed-cycle system and method of electrical power generation uses steam to transport charge carriers through an MHD generator. Water droplets, fine particles or mixtures thereof are used as the charge carriers. The fine particles are sufficiently small to allow the particles to pass through pumps and other equipment in... Agent: The Babcock & Wilcox Company

20090021011 - Hydro turbine generator: A hydroelectric turbine generator and control system is provided that optimizes the maximum possible power output at all times by strictly monitoring power output from the generator unit and modulating the wicket gate angle and the runner blade pitch independently of one another. The hydroelectric turbine generator includes a means... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Clayman, Tapper & Baram, Llc

20090021012 - Integrated wind-power electrical generation and compressed air energy storage system: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for using wind energy to compress air or pressurize a fluid as a means of storing energy. Compressed air or pressurized fluid is generated directly by the wind turbines, thereby avoiding the energy losses that occur when wind power is used... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.a.

20090021015 - Method and control system for reducing the fatigue loads in the components of a wind turbine subjected to asymmetrical loading of the rotor plane: The invention relates to a method for reducing fatigue loads in the components of a wind turbine subjected to asymmetrical loading of its rotor, comprising the steps of: repeatedly collecting and storing load data of the rotor, determining a load distribution function for the rotor from said stored data, deriving... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090021014 - Wind energy installation with an extended rotation speed range: A wind energy installation includes a wind rotor, a double-fed asynchronous generator driven by the wind rotor, a converter provided with a first part on the generator side connected to a rotor and a second part on the network side connected to a stator of the generator, and a control... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090021013 - Wind power system and method of operating it: The wind power system comprises an installation (1) for generating electrical power from wind by means of at least one power generating turbine arranged to be rotated by wind, and a control system (2) including a power controller (22). The power controller (22) is configured to keep the magnitude of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090021017 - installation comprising a wave power apparatus and a support structure therefor: A wave power apparatus at least a part of which is permanently fixed to the sea floor or to ground, i.e. such as to a breakwater, a mole, a pier, a jetty, a cliff or an oil rig. The wave power apparatus (302) includes a plurality of rotationally supported arms... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021016 - Double gravity/buoyancy/density energy process: The process using gravity/buoyancy/density twice (sinking and rising) to produce electrical or mechanical energy through displaced volume is new. The fact that gravity is a constant force, not variable like solar or wind energy, makes this process continuous in the production of electrical or mechanical energy. The fact that gravity... Agent: Troy Mcdermott

20090021018 - Modular fluid-energy system: A modular fluid-driven power generation system includes a frame; a rotor structure having an axis of rotation; the rotor structure including a plurality of blades, with each blade having a radial edge parallel to the axis of rotation and first and second axial ends perpendicular to said axis of rotation... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090021021 - Power generation system including multiple motors/generators: An electric power-generating system configured to convert a source of energy to electricity by turning a rotor shaft with the source of energy includes a mounting plate coupled to the rotor shaft, a drive gear coupled to the rotor shaft and configured to move when the rotor shaft moves, and... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090021022 - Stall controller and triggering condition control features for a wind turbine: Control features for a wind turbine that control the turbine over a range of wind speeds and under triggering conditions with reduced noise, cost, and reliability issues associated with other such controls. Control is accomplished via control electronics, which adjust the torque produced by the electrical output generation device (e.g.,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090021020 - Variable speed drive system: a synchronous generator (20) connected on its stator side to a frequency converter (30), the converter being connected on its other end through a slip ring unit (3) to the rotor windings of the asynchronous generator, both the asynchronous and synchronous generators being mounted on a same single shaft (2)... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090021019 - Wind turbine tower and method for constructing a wind turbine tower: A wind turbine tower is provided, which comprises a number of segments with a polygonal cross section, each segment comprising a number of flat plates which are connected to each other so as to form the polygonal cross section. Further, a method for constructing a wind turbine tower which comprises... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090015022 - Backpack based system for human electricity generation and use when off the electric grid: An electricity-generating backpack that is substantially lighter in weight, has the multiple springs replaced with one large spring whose spring constant can be adjusted in the field in seconds, and replaces a DC generator with a brushless AC generator that permits approximately 70% generator efficiency and the generation of up... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090015021 - Self-supporting power generation system: A scalable micro-grid for providing power to areas remote from the existing power grid. At least two power pods linked in parallel. Each power pod has at least one, micro-turbine fueled by methane gas. As power needs increase, additional power pods are added to the system to meet the additional... Agent: Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg

20090015023 - Method for controlling a drivetrain and drivetrain: A method for controlling a drivetrain for a road vehicle, in particular for a hybrid vehicle, is provided. The drivetrain includes at least an electric motor, an electric energy accumulator, and an active connection to at least one drivable axle. In the recuperation mode, thus, when an electric motor is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090015012 - Axial in-line turbomachine: A turbomachine has a housing defining an axis and having an axially outwardly directed first end wall. A shaft rotatable about the axis inside the housing has a first end projecting axially from the housing. An electric rotor is provided on the shaft, and an electric stator is provided on... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090015011 - Device for producing electrical power in a two-spool gas turbine engine: The invention relates to a device for producing electrical power in a multi-spool gas turbine engine comprising at least one first rotary spool (69), for example a low-pressure spool, and a second rotary spool (24), for example a high-pressure spool, and driving an electrical machine (10). The device is one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090015014 - Tidal stream energy conversion system: The present invention is concerned with an energy conversion system for converting tidal energy into electrical energy, the system comprising a barrier (112) deployable across a body of water, the barrier comprising an upper and lower closed loop (124) of cable between which are secured a series of sail arrays... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090015013 - Wave power converter: A wave power converter for implementation at an offshore location where it will be exposed to passing waves and swell, comprises a buoyancy element (1) placed within a reaction structure (3) so as to move at least vertically relative to the reaction structure (3), with a force transfer mechanism (2)... Agent: Ronald R. Santucci Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090015016 - Deep water power generation system and apparatus: A system for generation of power using an apparatus in deep water is disclosed. The system includes a ballast buoy configured to achieve a desired depth in the deep water, a substantially vertical hollow tube attached to the ballast buoy that is submerged under water when the ballast buoy achieves... Agent: Gibbons P.C.

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20090015018 - Flow stream momentum conversion device power rotor: A device known as a Flow Stream Momentum Conversion Device (FSMCD) Power Rotor has been invented. The device makes use of the principle of Conservation of Momentum to convert fluid stream input momentum to device rotational power. A unique and non-obvious aspect of the fluid momentum conversion is circumferential discharge.... Agent: Butler, Snow, O'mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC

20090015019 - Lateral wind turbine: A lateral wind turbine is presented. The lateral wind turbine includes an elongated rod that rotates about a rotation axis through the center of the rod. The lateral wind turbine further includes a number of blades radiating out from the rod in an arrangement along the length of the rod... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20090015017 - Wind powered electricity generating system: An electrical energy generating system converts wind power to electrical power with a wind deflecting structure that divides wind impinging on the structure into two separate accelerated flow paths. One or more turbines are positioned in proximity to the wind deflecting structure such that a portion of the vanes of... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090015020 - Wind turbine, method for mounting a wind turbine and method for adjusting an air gap between a rotor and a stator of a generator of a wind turbine: The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a bedplate, a main shaft and a direct drive generator comprising a rotor and a stator containing a hollow part like housing substantially arranged around the rotor and containing a first endplate, a second endplate and a casing element connecting the first and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090008936 - Modulation control of power generation system: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for producing current with a desired output frequency from one or more fixed or variable speed alternators by varying a saturation level of a portion of the alternator(s) based on a output frequency desired, and preferably then rectifying the output to produce a desired electrical... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20090008937 - Dc voltage regulator: The disclosure details implementations of apparatuses, methods, and systems for regulating DC bus voltages. In an implementation, the system is configured to regulate the DC bus voltage directly by operating at the DC bus rather than indirectly on the AC side of the DC bus. In one implementation, the DC... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090008939 - Modular wind turbine, multi-turbine wind turbine, wind turbine computer system, and method of use thereof: A modular multi-turbine unit of fixed toroidal support structures having a rail system designed to allow each of the plurality of turbines to rotate to a most efficient position relative to the wind for generating power, a computer control system capable of positioning each of the plurality of turbines to... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090008938 - Systems and methods for synchronous speed avoidance in doubly-fed induction generators: The disclosure details implementations of apparatuses, methods, and systems for facilitating efficient operational characteristics for wind turbine generators. The system includes features that facilitate protecting the power semiconductors used in the power converters of variable speed power generation systems from excessive junction temperatures. These features may be achieved by implementing... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090008940 - Hydroelectric device: The present invention provides a hydroelectric device having a closed conduit portion extending along an elevational drop, with a turbine positioned at a lower elevation and in fluid communication with the closed conduit portion. The closed conduit portion contains a volume of fluid forming a pressure head therein, the fluid... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20090008942 - Apparatus for converting wave energy into electric power: The invention concerns an apparatus for converting wave energy into electric power, comprising a closed floating element (1) and a mass forming element (2), the mass forming element (2) being arranged inside the floating element (1) and mounted mobile relative to the floating element (1), the mass forming element (2)... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090008941 - Modular system for the electric energy production from wave motion: A modular system for the electric energy production, exploiting the hydromechanical energy extractable from wave motion thanks to the implementation of means for pumping based on a stem-piston-cylinder system and driven by the wave motion acting on floating members. Under wave motion, air is compressed by a piston (7b) and... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20090008943 - Residential hydroelectric generator: In this age of global warming, solar cells, and wind power, this invention utilizes incoming utility water pressure to generate electricity. Each time the faucet is turned on, the grass is watered, and even when the toilet is flushed, electricity will be generated. The idea of hydroelectric power generated in... Agent: John Joseph Kemper

20090008944 - Method and system of control of the converter of an electricity generation facility connected to an electricity network in the presence of voltage sags in said network: Method and system of control of the converter of an electricity generation facility of the type which comprises at least one electric generator, such as a wind generator, connected to an electricity network, in the presence of voltage sags in said network, the electric generator being a double-fed asynchronous generator... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090008945 - Protection system for an electric generator, wind turbine and use hereof: The invention relates to a protection system for an electric generator of a wind turbine comprising at least one current path from the non drive end of the generator shaft to a ground potential, and at least one alternating current path from the drive end of the generator shaft to... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090001732 - Generator voltage stabilization system and method: A generator voltage stabilization system of a heavy-duty vehicle hybrid-electric drive system, which has an engine and a generator coupled with the engine for generating power that varies with rotational speed of the engine, includes one or more circuits having at least one of a DC/DC converter and an DC/AC... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090001726 - Energy supply for a blade adjustment device pertaining to a wind energy installation: A wind energy installation includes a tower provided with rotor blades that are adjusted using a servomotor connected to a pitch circuit and an emergency circuit. During normal operation the rotor blades are actuated by the pitch circuit and during emergency operation are actuated by the emergency circuit. The emergency... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090001724 - Method and apparatus for controlling vertical axis wind power generation system: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling a vertical axis wind power generation system that controls the rotation of guide vanes according to wind direction and speed, appropriately controls a direction of wind passing over an impeller, thereby maintaining a rotational speed generating the maximum power, maintains output power... Agent: Jason Y. Pahng And Associates, LLC

20090001725 - Method for operation of a converter system: The present invention relates to a method for operating a converter system of a wind turbine, wherein the converter system includes converter modules capable of converting electric power produced by a generator to electric power applicable to a utility grid. The converter modules include generator inverters and grid inverters. The... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090001723 - Method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage and wind energy plant which can execute the method: A method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage, wherein the wind energy plant has a gearbox in the drive train and an operation management which can control at least one operational variable significant for the strain of the gearbox B of the wind energy plant... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090001727 - Process for production of electric energy and co2 from a hydrocarbon feedstock: The present invention relates to a process for production of electric energy and CO2 from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising steam reforming of the feedstock, separation and combustion of hydrogen and separation of CO2. Further the invention relates to a power plant for performing the process.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090001728 - Secondary power source for a light truck vehicle: The invention is directed at an air flow apparatus for use with an electric vehicle. The air flow apparatus operates as complementary energy sources for the production of electricity to maintain battery capacity for the propulsion of an electrically powered vehicle. This is preferably achieved by combining induced air flow... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090001729 - Modular near-shore wave-powerd energy collection system: A modular near-shore wave-powered energy collection system, which includes a plurality of connected modules, each module including at least one flotation device and at least one OWC, wherein each OWC is connected to a common pressure manifold and a common vacuum manifold and the common pressure manifold and the common... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090001731 - Electric generator device actuated by a fluid flow: An electric generator device comprising a panel bearing one or more electric generating machines each including a stator and a rotor concentric and substantially co-planar. The rotor is supported in rotation by the stator and presents a central part bearing one or more blades of a fan. A flow of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090001730 - Vertical axis windmill with wingletted air-tiltable blades: A vertical axis windmill includes a generator, a shaft mounted to the generator; and a plurality of blade sets. The blade set includes a blade rod rotatably connected to the shaft and carrying blades arranged on opposite sides of the shaft. Each blade is divided into first and second moment-inducing... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection