Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 05/09

20090134632 - Energy harvesting system and method: An energy harvesting system is arranged to harvest energy generated by a rotating tire. The system comprises a chamber holding fluid and an energy converter arranged to extract kinetic energy generated by a flow of the fluid, the flow being induced by a deformation of the chamber during the tire... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090134631 - Harvesting energy in remote locations: Electrical energy is produced at a remote site by converting kinetic energy from the environment. The kinetic energy may include vibrations and flow of fluid. In some embodiments the kinetic energy causes magnets to move with respect to coils in order to produce electrical energy. An anchor holds the device... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20090134623 - Fluid energy apparatus and method: A preferred embodiment includes a system for power generation through movement of fluid having a variety of configurations and implementations. One preferred embodiment includes a system for power generation through movement of fluid includes a power generating cell with a generally cylindrical housing a ring for rotating disposed in said... Agent: James D. Petruzzi

20090134624 - Emergency pitch drive unit for a wind turbine: An emergency pitch drive unit for a wind turbine comprises: an electrical motor arranged for adjusting the pitch angle of a wind turbine rotor blade; an emergency power supply unit for supplying electrical power to the motor; and a controller configured for controlling, in the event of a power failure.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090134625 - Power backup system for offshore wind generators: The inventions concerns a cable comprising a cable jacket and at least two medium voltage wires disposed within the cable jacket for transporting medium voltage current and at least two low voltage wires disposed within the cable jacket for transporting a low voltage current. Further, it concerns a wind turbine... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090134627 - Arrangement for a direct drive generator for a wind turbine and method for the assembly of the generator: The invention concerns an arrangement for a direct drive generator for a wind turbine, which generator comprises a stator with several stator segments each stator segment having at least one stator element for the power generation and which generator comprises a rotor pivotable around a centre axis of the generator... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090134628 - Direct drive generator and wind turbine: The invention concerns a direct drive or directly driven generator for a wind turbine comprising a stator having at least one stator element for power generation and a rotor pivotable around a centre axis of the generator having at least one rotor element for power generation, the generator having an... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090134629 - Direct drive generator and wind turbine: The invention concerns a direct drive or directly driven generator for a wind turbine comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator comprises a stator ring comprising several ring-segment-shaped stator segments each having at least one stator element for the power generation and wherein the rotor comprises a rotor... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090134626 - Electrical machine, in particular a generator: The invention relates to an electrical machine (1, 2, 210) or its use as a wind power generator and a wind power installation having this electrical machine. The electrical machine has a primary part (3, 4, 222, 212, 213) and a secondary part (5, 6, 224), wherein a disc-like primary... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090134630 - Wind turbine: The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a retaining arrangement, a main shaft and a direct drive generator comprising a rotor having a first and a second supporting element and a stator having a first and a second supporting element, wherein the main shaft is pivoted relatively to the retaining... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090127864 - Robot gravity-based electrical generator: This robotic gravity generator can resolve many of the current environmental problems the world is facing. Since this it does not produce any green gasses and can eliminate the power grid problems utilities have since power outages due to down power lines due to storms or hurricanes or other weather... Agent: Joseph Alvite

20090127866 - Hydroelectric device for harnessing the buoyant force of an object in a fluid: The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a device for producing electricity, the device including a housing having a volume of fluid therein, a rotor within the housing, the rotor being in fluid communication with the housing and fixedly attached to a shaft. At least one buoy is sized and... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20090127865 - Systems for generating useful energy from vehicle motion: A system for generating useful energy from vehicle motion. The system includes: a projection projecting above a road surface, pivotably mounted to the road surface to be pushed downward against an upward bias, by a vehicle tire passing over an upper surface of the projection; a master fluid cylinder mechanically... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090127855 - Electrical systems architecture for an aircraft, and related operating methods: An electrical architecture for an aircraft is provided. The electrical architecture is particularly suitable for relatively small, compact, and lightweight aircraft. In one embodiment, the electrical architecture includes an electrical generator component coupled to the aircraft engine, and an air compression system coupled to the electrical generator component. The electrical... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090127867 - Method and apparatus for controlling cogeneration system: In an apparatus (and a method) for controlling a cogeneration system equipped with a generation unit having a generator connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load and an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, and a heat exchanger that exchanges... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090127868 - Method and apparatus for controlling cogeneration system: In an apparatus (and a method) for controlling a cogeneration system equipped with a generation unit having a generator connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load and an internal combustion engine driving the generator, and a heat exchanger that exchanges heat... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090127856 - System and method for converting ocean wave energy into electricity: A system and method for harnessing power associated with ocean waves and converting that power into electricity. The apparatus is a buoy that houses a vertically oriented central shaft, a pendulum, a generator mechanism, and other components that synergistically operate to optimize power output of the buoy. Both the load... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090127857 - Electrical inductor assembly: An electrical inductor assembly comprises an inductor core having a circular shape, a wire guide that surrounds the inductor core and includes a plurality of slots, at least one of the slots forming a path winding around the inductor core, and at least one wire placed in one of the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090127858 - Ocean energy system and method: A wave energy system and method are provided that have a main body that floats on the surface of the ocean and generates energy due to the motion of the crests and troughs of the ocean.... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20090127859 - Power generation systems and methods: A power generation system includes a plurality of submerged mechanical devices. Each device includes a pump that can be powered, in operation, by mechanical energy to output a pressurized output liquid flow in a conduit. Main output conduits are connected with the device conduits to combine pressurized output flows output... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090127860 - Water wave-based energy transfer system: The water wave-based energy transfer system is a system for generating electrical power from the natural motion of water waves, such as ocean waves. The system includes an anchor adapted for stationary lodgment on an underwater support surface, such as the ocean floor, and at least one buoyant float provided... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090127861 - Fluid-dynamic renewable energy harvesting system: The invention provides a fluid-dynamic renewable energy harvesting system which includes fluid-foil means for interfacing with a fluid current such as a water current or wind or both, and which includes energy harvesting means utilizing fluid current driven periodic motion of the fluid-foil means for capturing fluid-dynamic renewable energy and... Agent: Mithra Sankrithi

20090127863 - Continuously variable transmission: A continuously variable transmission is disclosed for use in rotationally or linearly powered machines and vehicles. The single axle transmission provides a simple manual shifting method for the user. An additional embodiment is disclosed which shifts automatically dependent upon the rotational speed of the wheel. Further, the practical commercialization of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090127862 - Wind energy harvesting system on a frozen surface: The invention provides an environmentally friendly renewable energy harvesting system for harvesting wind energy on a frozen surface, as in cold weather climatic regions associated with higher latitudes or higher altitudes, with snow or ice surfaces. A plurality of ski, skate or runner supported wings or sails are connected together... Agent: Mithra Sankrithi

20090121492 - Soundproof enclosed type generator: Reduce noises emitted from inlet and outlet of cooling air of a soundproof enclosed type generator. An inlet 20 and an outlet 26 of the cooling air are provided to the front and rear of a chassis 2, respectively. An air supply duct 8 is detachably mounted to the inlet... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090121493 - Electrical energy generator: An electrical energy generator that converts kinetic energy harvested from voluntary motor activity of a human or animal to electrical energy. The electrical energy generator includes a housing, a coil of electrically conductive material, a reciprocally movable electromagnetically active mass, springs connecting the mass to either the housing or to... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20090121494 - Eletrical energy generator: An electrical energy generator that converts kinetic energy harvested from voluntary motor activity of a human or animal to electrical energy. The electrical energy generator includes a housing, a coil of electrically conductive material, a reciprocally movable electromagnetically active mass, springs connecting the mass to either the housing or to... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20090121495 - Combined cycle power plant: Combined cycle power plants and related methods are disclosed here. In the plants, a mediating thermal energy storage unit is used to store waste or residual thermal energy recovered from a heat engine employing a top thermodynamic cycle of the combined cycle power plant, so that the stored residual thermal... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090121496 - Power control system and method: A power control system comprises a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device 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 prime mover according to... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20090121481 - Aquifer fluid use in a domestic or industrial application: Fluid is moved from an aquifer to a higher elevation, and is used at the higher elevation for a domestic or industrial application. Subsequently, the fluid is allowed to return from the higher elevation to the aquifer. Kinetic energy of the fluid returning to the aquifer is converted into electrical... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090121483 - Methods and systems for wind turbine generators: Methods and systems for reducing heat loss in a generator system are provided. The generator system includes an electrical generator and a power converter. The method includes generating electricity in the generator at a first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a second power factor in a... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090121482 - Variable speed power generator having two induction generators on a common shaft: A variable speed power generator system, includes a primary power induction generator (12), a secondary control induction (14), each of the induction generators having a rotor (22, 24) mounted so as to be rotated by a common shaft (16) of a variable speed prime mover (20), an inverter (50) connected... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090121484 - Wind energy conversion using the magnus effect: The invention comprises a wind energy conversion device. It is able to convert a far greater percentage of the pressure energy of the wind into electricity than by using an airfoil or even a sail. A Flettner Rotor is mounted atop special support structure which is far enough away from... Agent: Edwin Newman

20090121485 - Wind power facility having activation circuit for a speed-limited and voltage-source-protective operation of a pitch -drive series-wound motor at generator torques: A wind power facility includes an activation circuit for a speed-limited and voltage-source-protective operation of a pitch-drive series-wound motor at generator torques. The activation circuit can comprise a pitch-drive series-wound motor, in which armature winding and exciter winding are connectable separately from one another, a load resistor RII, which is... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090121487 - Conversion of energy in waves and in tidal flow: An energy conversion system comprising a support structure upstanding within a volume of water subject to the occurrence of both wave motion and tidal flow, a first apparatus mounted from the support for deriving usable power from the tidal flow, and a second apparatus operationally supported relative to the support... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090121486 - Tidal power system: Systems and methods for harnessing energy from ocean tides use the rise in water level to lift a buoyant mass to an elevation and then use the weight of the mass to pressurize a working fluid, such as water, used to motivate a turbine generator to produce electricity. The extra... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090121488 - Electric power generation system driven by solar flux and geocooling: s

20090121489 - Energy converter, flag type energy converter: An energy converter comprises a flexible plane unit 1 placed in a position to be exposed to a flow of fluid such as wind, at least a part of peripheral edge of the flexible plane unit 1 being capable of fluttering freely with the flow, an energy conversion unit 31... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090121490 - Oscillating-wing power generator with flow-induced pitch-plunge phasing: A new method for converting the kinetic energy of wind or water flows into electric energy, comprising wings or sails which are mounted on swing arms or on guide rails in such a way that the air or water flow induces an oscillatory wing or sail motion with a phase... Agent: Maximilian F . Platzer

20090121491 - Wind turbine comprising enclosure structure formed as a faraday cage: The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising a rotating part including a rotor with at least one blade and a wind turbine hub with at least one enclosure structure or similar wall structure, and a stationary part including a nacelle with at least one enclosure structure or similar wall... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090115195 - Gravity power generation mechanism: A gravity power generation mechanism utilizes a gravity energy conversion unit to convert the gravity potential energy into the kinetic energy. The gravity energy conversion unit produces positive torques by adopting outward-spreading single directional swing arms and reduces the negative torques by cooperating with the folding action of the single... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090115189 - Power generation device: A power generation device includes a tower forming top and bottom reservoirs and a plurality of vertically arranged compartments between the top and bottom reservoirs. Each compartment is separated from the next lower compartment by a partition that defines a discharge opening. A rotary mechanism is arranged in each compartment... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090115191 - Method for the operation of a wind energy plant: The invention relates to a method for the operation of a wind energy plant (10), wherein the wind energy plant (10) has a rotor (11) with a rotor axis and at least one rotor blade (15, 15′) arranged on the rotor (11), wherein the rotor blade (15, 15′) is adjustable... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090115190 - Systems and methods for producing, shipping, distributing, and storing hydrogen: These inventions related to systems and methods for producing, shipping, distributing, and storing hydrogen. In one embodiment, a hydrogen production and storage system includes a plurality of wind turbines for generating electrical power; a power distribution control system for distributing, and converting the electrical power from the wind turbines, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090115192 - Water wave-based energy generator: The water wave-based energy generator is a system for extracting usable mechanical energy from a body of water, such as an ocean. A support frame is provided having a central portion, which is suspended over the body of water, and a plurality of legs, extending downwardly therefrom. A pivotal frame... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090115193 - Water turbine for generating electricity: An array 22 of water turbine assemblies 10 is positioned between two I-beams driven into the bed of a flowing water system. Each water turbine assembly 10 comprises a modular box-shaped housing 12 having an inlet and outlet for accelerating the flow of water therethrough. Turbine 14 has a ring... Agent: Anthony Branco

20090115194 - Breeze-type wind energy generator: The present invention comprises a very wide & high square or octagon or circular steel bar base frame having a very wide & high hollow interior and many very wide opening sides allowing the wind to blow into the hollow interior, a vertical-type very long shaft vertical at a central... Agent: Ying-lang Lin