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Prime-mover dynamo plants February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/10

20100045048 - Device for energy harvesting within a vessel: An energy harvesting device is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy harvesting device is that it is adapted for insertion into a human blood vessel for converting pulsatile pressure in the blood vessel into electrical energy. The energy harvesting device can... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20100045034 - Steam-based electric power plant operated on renewable energy: Wind or solar power may be converted to hydrogen in an electrolysis unit to produce hydrogen. A phase separator unit that operates by cavitation of the geothermal fluids removes gases from the source fluid. A pollution prevention trap may be used to remove solids and other unneeded constituents of the... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20100045035 - Nautical torque technology: Nautical torque tidal movement technology provides systems, apparatus and methods for producing nautical torque tidal movement electrical power generation from tidal movement. A system provides for producing electrical power utilizing an arrangement of power generating devices electrically interconnected and operating independently to receive kinetic energy from the movement of water,... Agent: Matlock Law Group, PC

20100045036 - Pliant mechanisms for extracting power from moving fluid: Flexible and elastic mechanisms for extracting power from a moving fluid. Sheet-like material is deformed during fabrication through an applied force so as to create undulations in said material, whose stresses are maintained through restraining components, thereby maintaining the occurrence of said deformations in the material. When placed in moving... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20100045038 - Method for the damping of tower oscillations in wind power installations: A method for controlling a wind turbine installation for the damping tower oscillations, in particular a buoyant wind turbine installation comprising a buoyant body, a tower arranged over the buoyant body, a generator mounted on the tower that is rotatable in relation to the wind direction and fitted with a... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100045041 - Method of operating a wind turbine with pitch control, a wind turbine and a cluster of wind turbines: A method of operating a wind turbine with pitch control, in which values of the generated power and the operating speed of the rotor are established at a discrete number of secure ranges for wind speeds above a critical wind velocity. A wind turbine and a cluster of wind turbines... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100045037 - Power generation system using wind turbines: A new wind turbines system extracts dynamic energy from ambient sources and generates power with high efficiency. The less-fluctuated slower-speed turbines have a high-ratio gear reducer to increase the high-power DC generator's speed. An analog/digital voltage converting sampler, a digital signal processor, a power battery charging/discharging regulator, and a power... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20100045040 - Variable speed wind turbine with doubly-fed induction generator compensated for varying rotor speed: A variable rotational speed wind turbine includes a doubly-fed induction generator, a rotor current controller for controlling the rotor currents of the generator, a compensation mechanism having a computation mechanism, and an input mechanism for providing input to the compensation mechanism, the input being representative of at least the instantaneous... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100045039 - Vertical axis wind turbine: This invention is for a vertical axis wind turbine apparatus supported in a tower with wind diverter doors for controlling the air impinging on the turbine blades. The diverter doors are closable in high wind conditions to seal off the wind turbine to protect the turbine against damage.... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii

20100045042 - Renewable energy electric generating system: Wind or solar power may be converted to hydrogen in an electrolysis unit to produce hydrogen. A phase separator unit that operates by cavitation of the geothermal fluids removes gases from the source fluid. A pollution prevention trap may be used to remove solids and other unneeded constituents of the... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20100045043 - System for generating electric power: n

20100045044 - Vertical motion wave power generator: A vertical motion wave power generator having a flotation device, a vertical support structure fixed to the ocean bottom, and a single power shaft attached rotatably to the flotation device. By the use of a pair of one-way clutches the single power shaft converts the up and down motion of... Agent: Bush Intellectual Property Law C/o Cpa Global

20100045045 - Wave power conversion: v

20100045046 - Force fluid flow energy harvester: A reaction energy harvester capable of providing motion from fluid flow, including a foil/wing capable of being rotated to present the foil/wing so that the maximum lift is generated. The lift is created by the fluid flowing past the foil/wing. A channel or system may be provided to direct the... Agent: Michaud-kinney Group LLP

20100045047 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a direct drive generator with a stator arrangement, a rotor arrangement substantially arranged around the stator arrangement and a longitudinal centre axis. The stator arrangement includes a stator support structure, which includes at least one substantially radial extending stator support element.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100038916 - Portable electronic device: There is provided a portable electronic device capable of being immediately operated without the use of a battery even when the battery reaches exhaustion. An electricity generating unit 131 is embedded in the portable electronic device. The electricity generating unit 131 has a mechanism to pull out a pull line... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100038917 - Steam turbine clutch and method for disengagement of steam turbine from generator: A power generation system including: at least one elevated steam turbine receiving input steam at an elevated pressure and exhausting steam as low pressure steam; a low pressure steam turbine receiving low pressure steam exhausted from the elevated steam turbine, and a drive shaft for the low pressure steam turbine... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20100038907 - Power generation: In one aspect, power generation is accomplished by capturing off-gas from a wellhead of an oil producing well, sensing a change in pressure from which a change in available off-gas can be determined, and adjusting a torque supplied by a prime mover to a generator responsive to the change in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100038909 - Method of operating a wind turbine with pitch control, a wind turbine and a cluster of wind turbines: A method of operating a pitch controlled wind turbine connected to the utility grid in response to an increase in wind velocity to above a predefined value. The method includes the sequential steps of: reducing the generated power, allowing an intermediate increase in the generator speed, and reducing the generator... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100038908 - Wind turbine generator system: A wind turbine generator system can regulate the rotational velocity of the wind turbine within an operation range even when the wind velocity suddenly changes and can perform continuous operation of the wind turbine. The wind turbine generator system includes a generator connected to the shaft of the wind turbine... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100038910 - electrical equipment generator of electrical power: “IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT GENERATOR OF ELECTRICAL POWER”, the invention herein refers to improvements in electrical power generating equipment which, due to the construction adopted, allows simplified maintenance at reduced frequency; in addition to useful application in several types of hydro electrical power plants, namely: micro, mini and small sized... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20100038911 - orientation device for water current power generating apparatus: A water current generating device is provided that consists of a main body and a horizontal axis rotor attached by a mechanical connection to a fixed support structure. Under the action of one ore more hydrodynamic thrusters, the main body of the turbine is rotated about a desired axis of... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20100038913 - Device for utilizing ocean-wave energy: According to the invention, the device for utilising ocean-wave energy functions through appropriate pontoons (1) and an intermediate floating central unit (2) located just beyond them. These are interconnected by appropriate arms (3) using suitable hinges (4) and have suitable cylindrical, hydraulic power jacks (7) which alternately pump a liquid... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100038912 - Floatable wave energy converter and a method for improving the efficiency of a floatable wave energy converter: A wave energy converter (1) comprises a housing (2) extending between a forward end (3) and an aft end (4). Three upstanding air chambers (15) are located in the housing (2) and three corresponding water accommodating ducts (16) extend aft from the air chambers (15) and terminate in aft water... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100038914 - Methods and machines which use 3dug and ugp of scp filled up the universe: [Solution Means] This inventor found out the means which analyze invisible parts of universe, and found out universal element, for example, SCP, UFES, NFF, FTRP, SQF, BFE, CAC, MFH, 3DUG, UGP and some fundamental laws, and found out all universe are the 2nd class permanent motion, and found out the... Agent: Toshitaka Yasuda

20100038915 - Magnus type wind power generator: A Magnus-type wind power generator in which rotary columns rotate about the axes of the rotary columns, whereby a horizontal rotary shaft is rotated by Magnus lift that occurs due to interaction of wind power with the rotation of the rotary columns, and a power generating mechanism is driven. An... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20100032946 - Motion induced electrical generator: A motion induced generator is mounted to a vehicle or conveyance to harness the oscillatory motion generated during travel of the vehicle or conveyance, and may be coupled to at least one device or system, such as an external rail car lighting system, a global positioning device, a diagnostic device,... Agent: Robert R. Waters, Esq. Waters Law Office, PLLC

20100032964 - Method for operating a power plant: A method is provided for operating a power station (10) with turbine shafting (11) including a gas turbine (12) and a generator (18) that is driven directly by the gas turbine (12) and that generates alternating current with an operating frequency. The output of the generator is connected to an... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20100032947 - Apparatus for generating power using jet stream wind power: A wind energy generator for employment in the jet stream or other wind conditions is described herein. The craft includes an airfoil and at least one wind energy generating device. The craft further includes a variable geometry tail boom unit whose orientation relative to the rest of the craft can... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20100032948 - Method and apparatus for operating and controlling airborne wind energy generation craft and the generation of electrical energy using such craft: The invention described herein relates generally to wind power generation. In particular, the invention relates to devices and methods used for launching and retrieving wind energy generating craft as well as novel constructions of such craft. Additionally, novel structures for tethers and tether operation is disclosed. Also, methods and apparatus... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20100032949 - System and method for altering drag and lift forces on a wind capturing structure: The present disclosure provides a method and system for altering the drag force on a wind capturing structure. First, the present disclosure implements a new bridle system. Mainline 70 attaches to the bridle of kite 72, which consists of two bridle lines 74 and 76 joined at single point 78... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20100032950 - Device for wave-powered generator: A device for a wave-powered generator which is provided with at least one energy generator and lines for transferring energy to a consumer, the wave-powered generator comprising a main module provided with a running rod which is substantially vertical in its longitudinal extent, several supporting devices arranged around a portion... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20100032951 - Mooring system: A mooring system and/or a rigid harness (2) for a floating aquatic structure (1) includes first and second ends, and the first end is pivotably attachable to the structure (1) such that in use the harness (2) may pivot about a single pivot axis (23) through a range of angles... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100032953 - Fluid powered generator: An integrated generator unit is provided to generate electrical energy. One or more integrated generator units are mounted in an enclosure and in communication with an electric storage device to store electrical energy. Each unit has a plurality of rotational elements that rotate about an axis as fluid passes through... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20100032952 - Turbine generator having direct magnetic gear drive: A turbine operated electric generator includes a turbine and a magnetic gear unit rotationally coupled at an input thereof to at least one of an inner rim of the turbine and an outer rim of the turbine. An output of the magnetic gear unit is configured to operate an electric... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20100032957 - Energy generation system for reduced visual pollution and cost: This invention is an improvement on systems that use wind to generate electrical power. It reduces visual pollution and cost, and increases the system efficiency over the prior art of wind powered electrical generators. The proposed system uses a plurality of wind-driven energy harnessers or propellers connected to one or... Agent: Timothy Joseph Stephany

20100032958 - Hyper-surface wind generator: An electric generator capable of generating electric power using kinetic energy of wind includes a first plurality of rotor plates, a second plurality of rotor plates, and a first plurality of blades capable of driving the first plurality of rotor plates, a second plurality of blades being formed to enable... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20100032955 - Mobile wind power generating device: A small mobile wind power generating device includes a plurality of foldable wind power generating modules installed in a box. The wind power generating module is composed of a plurality of wind power generating units, and connected to the bottom of the box by a contractible support rod, and a... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100032956 - System and method for harnessing wind power at variable altitudes: A system for harnessing power from wind using a wind capturing structure. An axis of rotation could be central to the system, and the lines could rotate around this axis. Features for the wind capturing structure include effective downwind power generation using a durable, lightweight, inexpensive structure that may be... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20100032963 - Systems and methods for tethered wind turbines: According to some embodiments, an airborne body extends horizontally along an axis between a first point and a second point. The body may be, for example, at least partially filled with a gas. Two or more vanes may be provided airborne with the body such that the vanes, when acted... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20100032962 - Wind power generation: A wind power generator. The wind power generator includes a generator main body formed of fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP). Built-in fans having blades are connected to four built-in fan motors to generate high pressure air to be ejected to the exterior so that an inductor including magnets is primarily and... Agent: The Law Office Of Michael E. Kondoudis

20100032954 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine is described comprising two counter-rotating rotors, each rotor comprising an axle (5) carrying a series of blades (1). The rotors are mounted between two opposing aerofoils (2). The aerofoils (2) and the rotors together being mounted on a turntable (3). The turntable (3) is in turn mounted... Agent: William H Bollman Manelli Denison & Selter

20100032960 - Wind turbine generator: A wind turbine generator that can eliminate the penetration of rainwater and prevent the occurrence of failure is provided. The wind turbine generator includes: a plurality of wind-turbine rotor blades for receiving wind power; a rotor head to which the plurality of wind-turbine rotor blades are attached, the rotor head... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100032961 - Wind turbine generator: A wind turbine generator that allows for size and weight reduction of a nacelle bedplate and that enables easier maintainability, such as device replaceability, is provided. In a wind turbine generator that generates electricity by driving a generator connected, via a drive train, to a rotor head that has wind-turbine... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100032959 - Wind turbine system: A wind turbine to convert wind energy into electricity by a positive displacement hydraulic pump is disclosed. The hydraulic pump is disposed adjacent a shaft coupled to a hub. In one embodiment, the rotation of the hub drives the hydraulic pump. In another embodiment, the hub rotates the shaft to... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20100026011 - Expansion circuit: An expansion circuit comprising a working medium and a decompression unit for converting thermal energy of a combustion engine into electrical energy by expanding the working medium, wherein the decompression unit is part of an air-conditioning circuit as a compressor for compressing a working medium. The decompression unit runs in... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20100025993 - Wave energy harnessing device: A hydrokinetic device having a water surface float tethered to a submerged buoyant housing is provided with mechanisms for optimizing the amount of wave energy extracted from the waves by the device. Based on wave conditions, the optimization functionalities include controlling the depth of the housing to produce wave shoaling... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20100025995 - Current source converter-based wind energy system: Power conversion apparatus and methods are presented for providing electrical power to a grid or other load in which a synchronous machine is driven by a wind turbine or other prime mover to provide generator power to a switching type current source converter (CSC), with a current source rectifier (CSR)... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./fay

20100025994 - Intra-area master reactive controller for tightly coupled windfarms: A wind turbine generator control system is provided for controlling output of a plurality of tightly-coupled windfarms connected at a point of common coupling with a power system grid. A master reactive control device employs algorithms whose technical effect is to coordinate the real power, reactive power and voltage output... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20100025997 - Method of operating a wind power installation and a wind power installation: w

20100025996 - Wave and wind power generation: The present invention provides a wave and wind power generation system including a platform (12) and one or more oscillating water columns (OWC's) (14) including an airflow control mechanism (50, 54), a controller (56) and a motion sensor (118) for detecting motion of the platform (12) and a controller (56)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100025998 - Submerged hydroelectric turbines having buoyancy chambers: In a hydroelectric turbine having a rotor disposed within a stator housing, the rotor having an annular outer rim received by a channel in the stator housing, the improvement comprising a buoyant rotor, the rotor preferably having buoyancy chambers disposed within the rotor. The buoyancy chambers may be disposed within... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20100026001 - Electrowave:

20100025999 - Ocean wave electricity generation: This invention relates to electricity generation from the ocean wave by use of mechanical systems, submerged or on surface, collecting energy day and night regardless weather condition in a way similar to the way of collecting energy by use of solar panels or wind mills, without contacting the salty ocean... Agent: Chong Hun Kim

20100026000 - Wave power apparatus and use of the apparatus as an emergency power generator: A wave power apparatus where an array of mutually interconnected buoyancy bodies are arrangeable on or partly submersible in a mass of water for therein to be subjected to wave movements, at least one energy generating means being arranged in association with the movable links in the array and forming... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20100026002 - hydroelectric turbine: The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine comprising a stator and a rotor housed concentrically within the stator, the turbine comprising a circumferentially disposed array of magnets on a rim of the rotor, and wherein the stator is slotless in configuration and is formed from a wire winding as opposed... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20100026003 - Pliant mechanisms for extracting power from moving fluid: Flexible and elastic mechanisms for extracting power from a moving fluid. Sheet-like material is deformed during fabrication through an applied force so as to create undulations in said material, whose stresses are maintained through restraining components, thereby maintaining the occurrence of said deformations in the material. When placed in moving... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20100026007 - Apparatus and method for harvesting wind power using tethered airfoil: A wind energy generator for employment in the jet stream or other wind conditions is described herein. The craft comprises a “kite” configured with an airfoil and tethered to a ground based power generator. The craft and tether are configured to pull on the tether during a flight pattern calculated... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20100026004 - Floating type wind power generation apparatus: A floating type wind power generation apparatus includes a floating vehicle, a frame, and a plurality of wind power generators. The frame is installed on the floating vehicle. The wind power generators are mounted to the frame, respectively, wherein each of the wind power generators includes a wind-shell, a wind-wheel... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20100026010 - Multiple generator wind turbine: A multiple generator wind turbine employs a single blade arrangement to drive multiple generators. The multiple generators are preferably substantially tubular and can all be mounted on one side of the turbine support structure or can be divided, preferably symmetrically, on opposite sides of the support structure. Preferably, a single... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100026006 - Power transmission apparatus for wind power generation and wind power generator using the same: The present invention provides a power transmission apparatus for wind power generation and a wind power generator using the same. The power transmission apparatus includes a first magnetic member which is provided around a rotating shaft of an impeller, and a second magnetic member which is provided around a rotor... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100026008 - Synchronous generator and synchronous generator system: A synchronous generator 1 including a rotor having a field winding placed in the slots thereof and a stator having an armature winding placed in the slots thereof, wherein the value of the number of slots per two poles in stator minus the number of slots per two poles in... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100026009 - Turbine apparatus: A turbine apparatus includes a specially shaped fan, designed to be inserted into the wheel of an automobile. During movement of the vehicle, the fan captures the passing air, and a axel/shaft transfers rotational energy to a generator that accumulates the energy and converts it to electrical energy. This energy... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20100026005 - Wind energy plant with a rotor: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterised in that each taper roller bearing has an inner... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.