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Prime-mover dynamo plants January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110018283 - Wind turbine device: A wind turbine device, in which the rotor of the wind turbine is connected to a rotor shaft, and in which a torque is transmitted from the rotor to a power machine, and in which the torque is transmitted between the rotor and power machine via a harmonic gear.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20110018264 - Energy conversion and accumulation device and relative method: An energy conversion and accumulation device, for the conversion of environmental energy into electric energy, includes a transducer, able to convert external environmental stress into an electric quantity, a storage element to accumulate and/or transfer the electric quantity to an electric device, a first switch element, activated in order to... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20110018265 - Power station system and method for operating: A combined-cycle power plant (10) has at least one power train (60) including a steam turbine (24) and a second generator (8) directly driven by the steam turbine (24) and generating alternating current, the output of which generator is connected to a power grid (21) having a given grid frequency... Agent: Cermak Nakajima LLP

20110018267 - Exhaust turbine generator system and method of controlling the same: An exhaust gas turbine generator system for a vehicle that has an internal combustion engine with an exhaust system is provided. The exhaust system comprises a turbine, an electrical generator, a waste gate, and an electronic control module. The turbine is disposed in fluid communication with an exhaust gas system... Agent: Navistar Canada, Inc. C/o Navistar, Inc.

20110018266 - Turbine apparatus: Turbine apparatus for a hydroelectric power station, with a turbine impeller, which is capable of rotating about a turbine rotary spindle, which is in particular arranged vertically, with turbine blades (4), which are fitted at an angle with respect to the turbine impeller (3), in particular a fixed angle, with... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20110018271 - Device and method of adjusting curtailment strategy for wind turbine, and program: An object is to suppress reduction of energy production as much as possible while ensuring an expected lifetime. There is provided a device of adjusting a curtailment strategy for a wind turbine, the device including: a fatigue equivalent load calculation unit that calculates a fatigue equivalent load for evaluating a... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110018270 - Doubly-controlled asynchronous generator: An electric power generator system or a motor comprising a doubly-fed asynchronous generator or motor comprising a stator and a rotor; a transformer having a first winding and a second winding, the first winding having a first end and a second end; and wherein the stator and the transformer are... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20110018269 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine system is provided to generate electricity from wind energy. The system locates generator at a bottom portion of the tower. The system rotates either the entire tower, or the nacelle and the generator simultaneously. A flexible power transfer member inside the tower connects a top rotation transfer... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20110018268 - Wind turbine and rotor blade with reduced load fluctuations: A wind turbine includes a rotor having a number of rotor blades. At least one rotor blade has openings. The rotor blade has air-displacement elements which, in use, alternately force air out of and into the openings. A sensor is provided for detecting wind speed fluctuations. A control unit is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110018274 - hydroelectric turbine with floating rotor: The present invention is concerned with a hydroelectric turbine which includes a stator and a shaftless rotor housed for rotation within the stator, the stator defining an opening or channel in which the rotor is retained and which channel is dimension to permit the rotor to undergo both axial rotation... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20110018272 - Direct driven free flow turbine: Hydraulic turbine immerged into a free flowing current consisting of a turbine runner that drives an electrical generator in direct shaft connection without rotational speed increasing transmission and the electric generator's stator bore diameter is smaller than the stator core length.... Agent: Kalman N. Lehoczky

20110018273 - Starter/generator integrated into compressor of turbine engine: A turbine engine compressor has a rotor including rotating compressor discs. Magnets are positioned on the rotating compressor discs. Electrical coils are positioned in a stationary guide vane internal ring so as to create an electric machine providing starting torque to a rotor, and/or generating electrical energy once the rotor... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20110018276 - Wave power energy generation apparatus: The present invention relates to a wave energy conversion device (1), for use in relatively shallow water, which has a base portion (2) for anchoring to the bed of a body of water (6) and an upstanding flap portion (8) pivotally connected (12) to the base portion. The flap portion... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20110018275 - Wave power plant and transmission: A wave energy converter includes a buoy and a transmission unit. In the transmission unit there is a driveshaft, which is driven to rotate either when the buoy rises or sinks, yet always in the same direction. The driveshaft is mechanically coupled to one of the rotating parts of an... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20110018278 - Device and method for capturing energy from building systems: A device or system for capturing kinetic energy from the flow of air, water or other fluid, from a building's heating, cooling, ventilation, air conditioning or water system. The device or system comprises placing a energy capturing device in the stream of air, water, or other fluid. The energy capturing... Agent: Brian L. Wamsley, Esq.

20110018277 - Hydrokinetic electrical power generation system: A Hydrokinetic Electrical Power Generation Station (HEPGS) is disclosed which converts unimpeded river, ocean and tidal flow currents into useful electrical power on a very large scale (>6 MW each). This innovative approach requires no additional structures to be built on land (or in the water), there are no fast... Agent: Michael Wayne Brace

20110018280 - Orbital track wind turbine: An orbital track wind turbine for generation of electrical energy from wind power is provided. The wind turbine includes a plurality of spaced vertical supports to which at least two parallel spaced circular tracks are fixedly secured. These circular tracks are coaxial with one another and are positioned in parallel... Agent: Townsend & Banta C/o Portfolio Ip

20110018281 - System and method for controlling torque ripples in synchronous machines: A system for controlling torque ripple in a permanent magnet synchronous machine includes a power converter configured to be coupled to the permanent magnet synchronous machine and to receive converter control signals and a system controller coupled to the power converter. The system controller includes a fundamental current controller configured... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20110018279 - Water and wind current power generation system: An apparatus using differential gearboxes to collect, combine, and transmit torque generated by multiple, interconnected rotor systems. The rotor systems are connected via a driveshaft. The driveshaft is connected to a generator gearbox, and the generator box drives an electrical generator. The torque may be converted to mechanical power by... Agent: Jim-jean Che Co.

20110018282 - Wind turbine blade and wind power generator using the same: An object is to provide a wind turbine blade having a serrated plate that can be formed irrespective of the overall structure of the blade, that is attached in the optimum shape, and that can effectively suppress noise occurring at a trailing edge thereof, and also to provide a wind... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110012367 - Free-piston linear alternator systems and methods: Methods and apparatus are provided for operating a free-piston linear alternator. The apparatus includes a linear machine having first and second coils wound around a path for a linearly-moving mass and a rotating machine having a rotating mass and third and fourth coils. The first coil is coupled to the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20110012366 - Stirling machine: A Stirling machine comprising a reciprocating power piston with a power magnet, and a stator having a coil electromagnetically coupled to the power magnet. At least one spring magnet is arranged to provide an axial centring force on the piston. The spring magnet is fixed with respect to the stator.... Agent: Ballard Spahr LLP

20110012368 - Energy converting device: The invention relates to an energy converting device, particularly for converting mechanical to hydraulic energy, and therefrom into electrical energy, using as an energy transport medium a control fluid guided in two different control circuits having an operative connection to each other by means of a coupling device (32), wherein... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20110012369 - Submerged power generator: A submerged power generator comprises a hull that defines an air space. A weighted container is allowed to fall within the air space during a power generating stroke. The container interacts with an apparatus so as to drive a generator during the power stroke. After the power stroke the container... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20110012370 - System for the transport of an ore pulp in a line system located along a gradient, and components of such a system: A system for transporting an ore pulp (S) in a line system (2) located along a gradient, wherein the ore pulp (S) flows in the line system by the effect of gravity, has at least one generator station (8) located in the line system (2), the station comprising a flow... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20110012351 - hydropower device: A hydropower device for generating electric power comprises a pipe having an upstream portion and a downstream portion and being arranged to convey water. A valve is provided at the downstream portion and adjustable between a closed position hindering the water and an open position permitting the water to flow.... Agent: Michaud-kinney Group LLP

20110012352 - Bang-bang controller and control method for variable speed wind turbines during abnormal frequency conditions: A wind farm (10) may include a plurality of variable speed wind turbines (12, 14, 16). A centralized controller (50) may be configured to selectively adjust a respective electrical output power from each of the wind turbines at least during an underfrequency condition. The controller may include a monitor (52)... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20110012353 - Wind power generator: A wind power generator is provided which is configured to take a measure against a decrease in oil temperature which measure requires no new large-capacity power source. A wind power generator including a hydraulic pump configured to be stopped when a wind turbine is shut down further includes a bypass... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110012355 - Fluid whirl lighting apparatus: This disclosure provides a fluid whirl lighting apparatus, which comprises: a housing; a coil module, disposed on an inner wall of the housing; a rotor, disposed in the housing, provided with a plurality of blades on an inner wall thereof and a magnetic module on an outer wall corresponding to... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20110012356 - Generator: A swimming pool water inlet generator operable to allow the generator to be attached to a swimming pool water inlet, a turbine assembly arranged and operable to generate electricity when water flows through the inlet and at least one electrically powered device operable to use the generated electricity in the... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law

20110012354 - Generator for fluid-driven production of electric energy and a method of making the generator: A generator (20) for in situ fluid-driven production of electric energy and also a method of making the generator (20), which comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator is formed as a turbine housing (1) having at least one internal cavity (2) within which at least one independent rotor... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20110012357 - Tidal power generator: The tidal power generator includes a hollow container, an impeller designed for unidirectional rotation, an electric generator fixed in the container, and a chargeable power source. A first opening and an opposite second opening are defined in the container. The impeller is positioned at the second opening and configured for... Agent: Altis Law Group, Inc. Attn: Steven Reiss

20110012358 - Wave energy conversion device: A wave energy conversion apparatus comprising:—one or more movable buoyant members; one or more movable reaction masses located independent of the sea bed; said one or more reaction masses being suspended beneath said one or more buoyant members by a plurality of linkages, each linkage comprising an elongate non-rigid member... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20110012359 - Swirly fluid sprinkler: The present invention provides a swirly fluid sprinkler comprising a sprinkling body, a fluid guide, and an electrical generator. The fluid guide disposed inside the fluid inlet of the sprinkling body includes a plurality of swirl channels for dividing a fluid flow into a plurality of swirly fluid flows. The... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20110012361 - Integrated turbine generator/motor and method: An integrated turbine generator/motor (10) which consists of a housing (20) having a cylindrical body (22) and an eyebolt retaining plate (24) attached to the top surface of the cylindrical body (22). A ring gear (26) is rotatably disposed adjacent to the eyebolt retaining plate (24) and a plurality of... Agent: Albert O Cota

20110012364 - Power converter for use with wind generator: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a turbine to generate mechanical energy from kinetic energy, a generator coupled to the turbine to receive the mechanical energy and to output multiple isolated supply powers, and multiple power stages each coupled to the generator. Each of the power stages may receive... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20110012363 - Turbine wheel: A wind driven energy source is providing integrated a series of radially extending masts from a central hub. The masts are supported by a series of cables. A mast-to-mast tension cable spans between distal ends of adjacent masts. A mast-to-axle tension cable spans between the distal end of each mast... Agent: Gold & Rizvi, P.A.

20110012365 - Wind turbine for generating electric power: The invention relates to a wind turbine for generating electric power by an air stream (1) onto a rotor (48) rotatable about a rotor axis (2), said rotor comprising a plurality of rotor blades (3, 4) and being coupled via a rotor shaft (5) to a generator (6), wherein a... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20110012362 - Wind turbine generator: A wind turbine generator in which the temperature in a rotor head can be managed is provided. The wind turbine generator 1 includes, in a nacelle 3, a driving and generating mechanism that is connected to a rotor head 4 equipped with wind turbine blades 5, and devices are disposed... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110012360 - Wind turbine generator and method for constructing the same: A wind turbine generator is provided that allows the use of a general-purpose crane for construction through a reduction in the weight of a nacelle. This wind turbine generator includes a yaw system that includes a yaw drive unit, a yaw slew ring, and a yaw brake and that slews... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110006544 - hydrogen generator: A hydrogen generator comprising an enclosure, a series of spaced plates contained within the enclosure and defining between them liquidtight cells, with a plate forming a first wall of each cell of a nobler material than a plate forming a second wall of that cell, and where a first place... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20110006545 - Nested exciter and main generator stages for a wound field generator: A wound field generator (102) and a method of producing the wound field generator (102) with a nested exciter stage (307) and main generator stage (305) are provided. The wound field generator (102) includes an exciter stage rotor (310) coupled to a rotor member (312) and a main stage rotor... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Hamilton Sundstrand

20110006546 - Gas turbine and method for maintaining and inspecting the same: A gas turbine includes a gas turbine body in which a rotor is rotated with the energy of combustion gas produced by combustion of fuel to take out rotational energy from the rotor, an inlet casing that is attached to the gas turbine body and that guides the air to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20110006523 - Method and system for a more efficient and dynamic waste heat recovery system: The present invention relates to a method and system for a more efficient and dynamic waste heat recovery system in an automobile. The present invention includes a heat exchanger connected to a generator. The heat exchanger includes variable pitch impellers attached to and rotating a shaft. The pitch of the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20110006547 - Method of controlling a variable speed constant frequency generator: A method of controlling an engine-driven, electrical generator is provided. The generator generates an output voltage at a frequency with the engine running at an operating speed. The method includes the steps of connecting the generator to a load and varying the operating speed of the engine to optimize fuel... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20110006527 - Method and apparatus for controlling noise levels of a turbine with minimal loss in energy yield: A method for controlling a tip speed of a blade of a wind turbine. The method includes determining the wind speed proximate the wind turbine; maintaining a first substantially constant rotational speed of the tip of the blade during variable wind speeds above a first predetermined nominal wind speed and... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20110006525 - Method for operating a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines: A method and a device for operating a wind farm with a plurality of wind turbines are provided. According to the method, operating parameters of the wind turbines of the wind farm are adjusted according to an optimization goal, the optimization goal being the maximum value of the total output... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20110006528 - Method for operating a wind turbine: A method for operating a wind turbine that includes a generator device for outputting electric energy to a network, the generator device having a stator, and a controller device for controlling the generator device. To ensure sufficient protection of the wind turbine even during network fluctuations, a network voltage is... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20110006526 - Pitch control arrangement for wind turbine: A pitch control arrangement for a wind turbine of the vertical axis type. Cam element and cam follower element are arranged to set the pitch angle of a turbine blade in accordance with a predetermined cyclic variation. The cam element includes a cam surface of different cam profiles, which define... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110006524 - Wind turbine with stable power output: A wind turbine includes a plurality of superposed rotor assemblies each comprising a top first rotor, a plurality of second rotors, and an electric motor; a manifold having one ends each being in fluid communication with the bottommost second rotor; a rotor and generator assembly having one end being in... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20110006529 - Combined cycle power plant: Disclosed herein are embodiments of combined cycle power plants having elevated exhaust pressure from a steam turbine. The elevated exhaust pressure from the steam turbine may result in an elevated condensate pressure and temperature. A cooling system removes sensible heat from the condensate. The elevated condensate temperature results in a... Agent: Attn: Gary M. Machetta Reliant Energy Retail Holdings, LLC

20110006530 - Electricity generating arrangement: According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided an electricity generating arrangement comprising at least one secondary water conduit fitted to a primary water conduit, the secondary water conduit defining an inlet for allowing water flowing through the primary water conduit to enter the secondary water conduit... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20110006532 - Energy extraction apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for extracting energy from fluid motion comprising a deformable body adapted to be deformed by fluid motion, wherein the deformation of the deformable body is arranged to drive at least one energy medium to be delivered to an energy output; and wherein the energy medium is... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20110006531 - Free floating wave energy converter: A wave energy converter includes a flexible pipe and an inlet. The flexible pipe floats on the water surface, following the wave form. Slugs of water and air enter, one after the other, through the inlet. Because the flexible pipe follows the shape of the wave, water is transported through... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20110006533 - Hydro torque electric generator: w

20110006534 - Turbine engine with transverse-flow hydraulic turbine having reduced total lift force: The invention relates to a turbine engine that includes at least first and second lift turbine stacks with transverse flow. The shafts of adjacent turbines in the first stack are connected by a first coupling device adapted for compensating space misalignments, and the shafts of adjacent turbines in the first... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20110006535 - Clusters of small wind turbines a renewable energy technique: A renewable energy technique is disclosed to produce energy in form of electricity for various usages. The images may include power plant, residential/commercial property, illuminated street sign, automobile, boat, train, gulf cart, or other moving vehicles. Series of small wind turbines housed next to each other formed in various clusters... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20110006540 - Dual-mode roadway turbines for energy generation from artificial pulsed vehicle wind and continuous ambient wind: Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing and converting artificial wind, artificial wind and naturally occurring wind and/or artificial wind, naturally occurring wind and solar energy into electrical energy, where the artificial wind is pulsed artificial wind energy generated by passing vehicles. Systems and methods are also disclosed including a... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20110006539 - Floating wind power apparatus: The present invention concerns a floating wind power apparatus with a floating unit and at least three rotors supported in rotor housings, placed on separate towers with a longitudinal central axis. The towers are attached in the floating unit and the rotor housing, and the floating unit may yaw to... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20110006542 - Helix turbine system and energy production means: A helical turbine with a circular member attached to one end for redirecting axially flowing fluid into perpendicularly flowing fluid. A fluid diverter for redirecting substantially perpendicular flowing fluid into axially flowing fluid. A hollow circular member attached to an opposite end of the turbine allowing substantially axial flowing fluid... Agent: Ezra Sutton, P.A.

20110006536 - Horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower: A horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower including nacelle and blades. The tower, the blades, and the nacelle are rotatable by following the shift of wind direction so as to align the blades to be facing with the wind direction for enhancing performances thereof. Also can eliminate the gearbox,... Agent: Leong C. Lei

20110006538 - Monopile foundation for offshore wind turbine: The invention relates to methods for installing a wind turbine. A method may comprise the steps of establishing a substructure, said substructure comprising at least one pipe (1) extending upwards and said at least one pipe (1) being part of a primary structure of the substructure, establishing a support of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20110006537 - Speed-varying device and wind turbine generator system: A transmission unit (10A) that provides a high gear ratio despite a reduced number of transmission steps and allows itself to be lightweight. The transmission unit (10A) is composed of a combination of parallel gears and has an input gear (11) fitted to an input shaft (Si) coupled with output... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110006543 - Wind power system: The present invention relates to a wind power generation system. Said system is an array of a number of wind power generation units on the supporting tower, each wind power generation unit is formed by one vertical axis wind rotor and one or more power generation unit(s), in which the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20110006541 - Wind turbine with improved yaw control: A wind turbine having a tower and a nacelle mounted on top of the tower. The turbine further includes a bearing for a yaw motion of the nacelle in relation to the tower, and a drive assembly for the yaw motion. The device assembly includes at least one power unit... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20110001323 - Rotary magnus energy harvester: An energy harvester capable of providing motion from fluid flow, which comprises at least one Magnus cylinder driven to rotate by the movement of the fluid past a fin device. This causes the Magnus cylinder to rotate, and further interactions between the rotating Magnus cylinder and the moving fluid generate... Agent: Stephen E. Zweig

20110001322 - Self-charging electrical car: An energy recovery system for a vehicle comprises an arm mounted between a chassis of a vehicle and an axle of the vehicle. The arm is configured to pivot with respect to the chassis and the axle when the chassis is vertically displaced with respect to the axle. A one-way... Agent: Fernando Armani

20110001324 - System and method for gas turbine chilled water storage discharge control and/or gas turbine output control: Variable speed drive controlled discharge pumps are used for pumping chilled water from a chilled water storage tank to coils operatively associated with the air inlet of a gas turbine, wherein the gas turbine is used to generate electricity. Use of the variable speed drive controlled discharge pumps aids is... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

20110001319 - Diagnosis of pitch and load defects: The invention relates to a method, system and computer readable code for diagnosis of pitch and/or load defects of e.g. wind turbines as well as wind turbines using said diagnosis method and/or comprising said diagnosis system.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20110001318 - Frequency-responsive wind turbine output control: A wind farm (10) may include a plurality of variable speed wind turbines (12, 14, 16). A centralized controller (50) may be configured to selectively adjust a respective electrical output power from each of the wind turbines. The controller may include a monitor (52) configured to monitor a correlation between... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20110001320 - Generator for direct drive wind turbine: Direct driven wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle, a rotor blade, a radial flux generator with a stator and a rotor, wherein the lamination package of the generator is essential for the transfer of the torque in axial direction. By introducing this additional function to the lamination package, the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20110001321 - Wind-operated torque generator for producing electric power, designed to be installed on top of roofs of both sloping and flat type: The invention is intended to exploit the force of the wind to generate a torque to be used for various purposes, among which, the production, via a mechanical coupling with alternators, of electric energy. The novelty lies in the new arrangement of the blades and of the eolian generator which... Agent: SmirmanIPLaw, PLLC