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Prime-mover dynamo plants December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/11

20110316288 - Generator, in particular for a wind turbine: A generator is provided, which includes a stator with a plurality of induction coils and a rotor rotatable around the stator with at least one permanent magnet or a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in circumferential direction. The generator also includes at least one airduct for guiding an air flow... Agent:

20110316289 - Bicycle with a flywheel accessory for generating electrical power: Eco-friendly transport means including mechanisms to generate, transport and buffer/store energy.... Agent:

20110316290 - Intra-tire power generating apparatus: An intra-tire power generating apparatus capable of producing high power is provided. The apparatus includes rotary magnets and rotary weights, which rotate in response to variations in centrifugal force and circumferential acceleration working on the tire of a running vehicle, and a coil unit, which is located between two rotary... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Bridgestone

20110316276 - Power capture system and method: A wave power capture system, comprises a fluid transfer conduit for connection to a wave energy conversion device such that, in operation, the wave energy conversion device pressurizes fluid in the fluid transfer conduit in response to wave motion; a turbine apparatus arranged to receive fluid from the fluid transfer... Agent:

20110316277 - Blade pitch control in a wind turbine installation: The present invention relates to a blade pitch controller for a floating wind turbine structure, wherein the floating wind turbine structure may include a support structure supporting a rotor having a number of blades. The controller may include standard blade pitch control means and active damping means. The standard blade... Agent: Statoil, Asa

20110316278 - Locking device for the rotor of wind turbines: The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle that is located on the tower and is provided with a machine support, a rotor shaft bearing and a generator, and comprising a rotor with a rotor shaft, a rotor hub and at least one rotor with at... Agent: Aerodyn Engineering Gmbh

20110316279 - Wind turbines with diffusers for the buildings or structures: One example of our system makes it easier to bring the wind turbines to the residential and densely populated areas. The systems can be cascaded together to supply a bigger population or area. Since most of the system is hidden, it looks better for appearance of the city/houses. It has... Agent:

20110316281 - Apparatus for generating electicity from a tidal water flow: Apparatus (2) for generating electricity from a tidal water flow, which apparatus (2) comprises a plurality of units (4) which generate electricity, and a base (6) for securing the units (4) to a water bed (8), the apparatus (2) being such that: (i) the units (4) each comprise a housing... Agent:

20110316280 - Water-wave/flowing-water energy transformer: The present invention is a device and a method of generating large scale power plant using the energy content in ocean waves or river-channel flows. Ocean waves or flowing waters are used to generate compressed air. The pressurized air is then piped to shore and stored in large pressure tanks... Agent:

20110316283 - Device for capturing energy from a fluid flow: A device (10) for capturing energy from a fluid flow is disclosed. The device (10) comprises a base (12) adapted for stationary mounting relative to the fluid flow. A member (20), having a longitudinal axis (21), is pivotally connected relative to the base (12) about a substantially vertical first pivotal... Agent: Biopower Systems Pty. Ltd.

20110316282 - Underwater power plant having removable nacelle: d

20110316287 - Generator, wind turbine, method of assembling a generator and use of a generator in a wind turbine: A generator is provided comprising a rotor with a number of magnetic rotor pole shoes, a stator with a number of stator coils wound on the stator, and a generator-utility grid interface comprising a plurality of diode rectifiers, each diode rectifier is connected to a stator coil and the number... Agent:

20110316284 - Power density enhancement apparatus for wind turbines: A wind deflector apparatus configured for increasing the velocity of an airstream flowing therethrough. The wind deflector apparatus comprises a hybrid conduit with one end comprising a first conduit having a distal end configured for receiving an airstream. The other end of the hybrid conduit comprises a pair of conduits... Agent:

20110316285 - Wind turbine providing reduced radio frequency interaction and related methods: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may... Agent: Harris Corporation

20110316286 - Yaw bearing system: A wind energy system is provided, with the wind energy system having a tower; a machine nacelle; a lower yaw bearing; and an upper yaw bearing; the lower yaw bearing and the upper yaw bearing being arranged to pivotably connect the machine nacelle to the tower of the wind energy... Agent:

20110309635 - Electricity generation device with several heat pumps in series: P

20110309636 - Urgency generator and machine charging system: A generator is disclosed herein for pedaling to produce power. The generator comprises a frame comprising metallic parts, a first belt; and a box, wherein the generator receives concurrent pressure for starting a main dynamo.... Agent:

20110309618 - Electromechanical energy harvesting system: A method of electromechanical energy harvesting includes sensing electrical current generated by relative movement of a coil and a magnetic flux source produced by movement of a cantilevered beam in response to ambient vibration energy, determining a vibration characteristic of the ambient vibration energy, and adjusting an effective flexible length... Agent: Chubb International Holdings Limited

20110309619 - Generator with falling stator: A generator is provided including a rotatable pressure vessel with an inner and outer surface. Electromagnets are disposed on the inner surface of the pressure vessel. A biasing structure is configured to rotate within, and independently of, the pressure vessel and extends at least partly along a lengthwise dimension of... Agent:

20110309621 - Method for controlling operation of a wind turbine: A method for controlling operation of a wind turbine and a method for controlling operation of a plurality of wind turbines positioned in a wind farm are disclosed. According to the method, a pitch and rotational speed curve, e.g. a θ versus λ curve, is selected from a group of... Agent:

20110309620 - Wind turbine generator and nacelle turning method: A wind turbine generator is provided with: a nacelle mounting a wind turbine rotor; a yaw drive device generating drive force for causing yaw turning of the nacelle; a brake mechanism generating braking force for braking the turning of the nacelle; a control system controlling the yaw drive device and... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110309622 - Wind turbine generator, active damping method thereof, and windmill tower: A wind turbine generator, an active damping method thereof, and a windmill tower in which vibrations of the wind turbine generator itself or the windmill tower can be reduced at low cost are provided. The acceleration due to vibrations of a nacelle is detected with an accelerometer attached to the... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110309623 - Device, a system installation and a method: The invention relates to a device for generating electrical power, wherein the device (3) is adapted to be installed in connection with a building or a construction provided with at least one first gas source (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) adapted to provide at least one first gas stream, wherein the... Agent:

20110309624 - Device and system for extracting tidal energy: A turbine assembly and a system for extracting tidal energy are disclosed. The turbine assembly may include identical sections disposed in a stacked arrangement. Each section may be shaftless, energizable by a fluid flow to produce lift and is appropriately oriented at a phase shift to an adjacent section such... Agent: Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd

20110309625 - Direct drive distributed generator integrated with stayed rotor: A wind turbine power generation system incorporates a turbine rotor having a plurality of blades extending from a hub with each blade having an inner blade and an outer blade. A collar is provided on each blade with the inner blade extending between the hub and collar and the outer... Agent: Ecomerit Technologies LLC

20110309631 - Flexible shaft wind turbine: A horizontal-axis wind turbine of a rotor-support design is provided in which the structural load of the wind turbine rotor is carried by the wind turbine tower itself. The turbine uses a composite shaft to transfer torque from the wind turbine rotor to the generator, the shaft having high torsional... Agent: Envision Energy (denmark) Aps

20110309630 - Generator, in particular for a wind turbine: A generator is provided. The generator has a stator with teeth and slots for windings, a rotor rotatable around the stator, a plurality of permanent magnets, and a cooling pipe arranged beneath the slots. Further, a wind turbine with such a generator is provided.... Agent:

20110309634 - Looped airfoil wind turbine: Looped AirFoil Wind Turbine (LAWT) (10) is a novel wind turbine with a basic system of a triangular structure (14) utilizing both lift and drag aerodynamic forces produced by wind energy. The entire triangular structure (14) could either yaw to always face the wind direction (W) or stay in a... Agent:

20110309628 - Segmented composite bearings and wind generator utilizing hydraulic pump/motor combination: A bearing assembly and wind generator. The bearing assembly includes a plurality of bearing segments defining a sliding member and a bearing body, with the sliding member and bearing body being joined together, and the plurality of bearing segments being coupled together to define an annular bearing structure. Also, a... Agent:

20110309626 - System and method for generating electricity within a building structure: A system for generating electricity including a building structure and one or more subsystems structurally integrated with the building structure. Each subsystem includes a vertically oriented tower, a scoop mounted on the tower and including an air intake opening and an air outlet opening, and turbine blades disposed within the... Agent: Grayhawke Applied Technologies

20110309633 - Wind auger: The purpose of the Wind Auger is to harness wind energy in a new and efficient manner. The wind auger utilizes a unique fin design and orientation to the wind to achieve superior performance in low to medium wind velocity locations. In addition, the simple, rugged structure of the design... Agent:

20110309627 - Wind power generator: This invention relates to an improved construction of wind power generator, the aim of which is to enhance the stability of the wind power generator and improve the balance between the generator and the tower, as well as to separate the generator from the function of the bearing structural part,... Agent:

20110309632 - Wind turbine and a shaft for a wind turbine: A drive shaft for a wind turbine is shaped so as to allow for increased bending of the shaft, while being suitable for transferring torque in a wind turbine system. An example of such a shaping is a drive shaft having a helical rib defined on the surface of the... Agent: Envision Energy (denmark) Aps

20110309629 - Wind turbine having power electronics in the nacelle: A wind turbine comprising a nacelle (1) is disclosed. The nacelle (1) accommodates at least a generator (3) and power electronics electrically interconnected between the generator (3) and a power grid. At least one power electronic component (10, 11, 12) is removably arranged in the nacelle (1) in a region... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20110304155 - Power plant with co2 capture and compression: CO2 compression is a main step in carbon capture and storage, which is essential to control global warming. CO2 compressors are powered by electric motors, which increase operational flexibility but require much energy leading to additional expenses, power and efficiency losses. A method is provided for optimized operation of a... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20110304154 - System for harvesting power and method thereof: A power harvesting device and method thereof are provided, wherein the power harvesting device is configured to harvest power from at least one falling object and transfer the harvested power. The power harvesting device includes a wheel configured to rotate when the at least one falling object contacts the wheel,... Agent:

20110304139 - Hybrid engine-driven power generator: A power generator starts an engine by overcoming an inrush current occurs. A calculator (21) retrieves an outputtable current of a generator according to an engine speed. A calculator (23) calculates the lacking amount of the outputtable current relative to a load current. When the remaining battery level is sufficient,... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110304156 - Method for starting the internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c.f. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110304157 - Time delay contactor for aircraft apu starter: A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20110304158 - Time delay contactor for aircraft apu starter: A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20110304159 - Method for stabilization of the network frequency of an electrical power network: A method for stabilizing the network frequency of an electrical power network is provided. The network includes at least a two-shaft gas turbine which includes power turbine and a gas generator, wherein the power turbine is connected to a first generator by means of a shaft in a torque transferring... Agent:

20110304141 - Ac-connection of an off-shore wind-park to an on-shore electricity grid and booster transformer for such an ac-connection: The present invention relates to a method for switching-in an electricity grid of an off-shore wind park to an on-shore electricity grid, to a booster transformer modified for switching-in an electricity grid of an off-shore wind park to an on-shore electricity grid and to an AC-connection for operating an electricity... Agent: Viserge Ltd.

20110304142 - Facility for producing electrical energy from wind: A facility for producing electrical energy has a plurality of shrouds, a plurality of wind turbines, a power system, a plurality of modules, a pivotal mounting system, and a support structure. Each shroud has a throat which increases the velocity of the prevailing wind passing through the shroud. The plurality... Agent:

20110304140 - Wind turbine generator and soundness diagnosis method thereof: An accumulator is provided in an oil circuit of the pressure supply device and has a gas chamber for storing the pressure generated by the oil pump. A gas pressure judgment unit judges a soundness on the gas pressure of the gas chamber of the accumulator. A pitch movement judgment... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110304143 - Wind generator for installation on a house: Apparatus (10) for generating electricity comprises a plurality of wind turbines (20) each of which has a rotatable shaft (12) on which a rotor assembly (22) is mounted for turning about a magnet assembly (26). The shaft is coupled to a housing (16) which is rotated in response to wind... Agent:

20110304144 - Method and apparatus for converting ocean wave energy into electricity: A power-generating device located in or on the surface of the ocean for generating power utilizing the energy in ocean wave motion. The device is moored to the bow and stern at ˜45° to incoming ocean waves, and with a yawing capability to adjust to change in wave direction. The... Agent: Dehlsen Associates, LLC

20110304145 - Methods and devices for converting wave energy into rotational energy: The invention discloses devices and methods for converting wave energy to rotational energy. Specifically, the invention allows for two or more flotation elements to move in opposite directions in response to a wave contacting a wave energy transducer according to embodiments of the present invention. Motion of the flotation elements... Agent:

20110304146 - Conductor apparatus having optimized magnetic resistance with respect to at least one magnetic element moving in proximity thereto: The conductor apparatus of the present invention remedies the drawbacks of all previously known conductor components (field coils, etc.) in electrical power generation systems, and in electromechanical systems (coil windings/stators in electrical motors, solenoids, etc.) by providing the same or greater level of Faraday induction efficiency, while optimizing (e.g., lowering)... Agent: Surval, Corp.

20110304148 - Hydroelectric turbine support system: The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine support system, and in particular the combination of a base on which the turbine is supported on the seabed during use, and a vessel used to transport the turbine and base to a deployment site, and which are designed to allow, when the... Agent: OpenhydroIPLimited

20110304147 - Water cycle generating system: A generating system includes a base, a first water storage tank mounted on a lower portion of the base, a water tower mounted on an upper portion of the base, at least one generator unit mounted on the base and disposed between the water tower and the first water storage... Agent:

20110304150 - Fixing structure for generator shaft of wind driven generator of outer rotor coreless type: A fixing structure for a generator shaft of a wind driven generator of outer rotor coreless type prevents deformation of the generator shaft even in strong wind and has less factors causing failures. In the fixing structure for a wind driven generator (1) of outer rotor coreless type, a screw... Agent:

20110304152 - Flow energy installation: A flow energy installation, in particular a wind power installation, having a housing which has a droplet-shaped cross section and can be adjusted about its vertical axis aligned with the flow direction, in particular the wind direction, wherein the housing has an inlet opening on the front face to an... Agent: Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

20110304151 - Permanent magnet machine, in particular a generator for a wind turbine: A permanent magnet machine, in particular a generator for a wind turbine, is proposed. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator with a plurality of induction coils, a rotor rotatable around the stator with a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in circumferential direction forming a number of poles. Each pole... Agent:

20110304149 - Wind turbine comprising a cooling circuit: Wind turbine comprising a tower with an interior enclosed by a tower wall which forms a heat exchange surface in an air cooling circuit wherein the tower interior forms a channel for guiding hot air along a flow path, wherein one or more air flow deflectors are arranged within the... Agent: Xemc Darwind Bv

20110304153 - Wind turbine having multiple power generating elements: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a wind turbine and a method of operating thereof. The wind turbine includes a central rod comprising an electrical coil and at least one rotating assembly configured to rotate around the central rod. The rotating assembly includes a wheel and a plurality of airfoils... Agent:

20110298220 - Combined stranded gas and wind integrated system power plant: A combined stranded gas and wind integrated system power plant is disclosed which may be used to capture energy from stranded natural gas in conjunction with wind energy to provide usable electricity which may be used either locally or transmitted to the grid.... Agent:

20110298219 - Electric vehicle and on-board battery charging apparatus therefor: An electric vehicle and a range extender engine are shown including the controls to operate the same.... Agent: Swissauto Powersports LLC

20110298222 - Electric power generation from moving vehicles: A system of embedded cylindrical rollers is mounted in an underground containment system in spaced transverse channels beneath a road surface. Power is generated from the passage of motor vehicles over the rollers converting rotary energy into electrical energy. Each roller is designed as a power generator which can be... Agent:

20110298223 - Method and apparatus for generating energy: A novel furnace and scrubber assembly which generates electrical energy by the initial combustion of material and a methodology which causes such electrical energy to be generated. Further, a novel scrubber technology which improves both scrubber efficiency and furnace efficiency while recovering energy from a furnace exhaust stream.... Agent:

20110298221 - Power tiles: Power Tiles are generators of electric energy that use energy of the bodies/objects such as trains, vehicles, airplanes, people, and animals which are already in motion. Power Tiles are installed as pavements or under pavements and/or under railroad tracks. Power Tiles generate electric energy when exposed to various force applied... Agent:

20110298213 - Handy terminal for wind turbine generator, wind turbine generator and wind power site: A handy terminal for a wind turbine generator that can prevent management of control logics of control devices for controlling operation of the wind turbine generator from becoming cumbersome. The handy terminal for the wind turbine generator comprises, a connecting portion that connects to a connecting end provided on the... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110298214 - Vertical axis fluid turbine: A fluid turbine, comprising an inner shaft comprising a first number of concave vanes coupled thereto, the first number of concave vanes forming a number of rows of vanes, and an outer shaft, coaxial to the inner shaft, comprising a second number of concave vanes coupled thereto, the second number... Agent:

20110298216 - Method of securing a hydroelectric turbine at a deployment site: The present invention provides a method of securing a hydroelectric turbine at a deployment site, for example on the seabed and in an area of significant tidal flow, which method enables the turbine to be located securely without risk of overturning or sliding out of position, but without requiring the... Agent: OpenhydroIPLimited

20110298215 - Near shore wec system: Systems are described for obtaining energy from water movements in shallow waters, using panels (4) that are pivotally mounted (13) near the sea floor in shallow water and that extend up to the sea surface, or that are pivotally mounted above the sea surface and extend down into the sea.... Agent:

20110298217 - Rotational kinetic energy conversion system: An energy conversion system for converting between one form of input energy selected from a mechanical energy and electrical energy, and an output energy selected from a mechanical energy and electrical energy using a linearly displaced magnetic component interacting with an orbitally displaced magnetic component.... Agent:

20110298218 - Wind generator: The present invention provides a wind generator which effectively utilizes an opening of a door opening and a shell plate, and in which an outside air-circulation flow path for introducing outside air into a cooling heat exchanger in a tower is formed. In the wind generator, a cooling medium that... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110291424 - System for generating electricity: A system for generating electricity includes a housing body defining an accommodating space, an oxyhydrogen generating unit, a combustion unit, a turbine unit disposed above the combustion unit, and an electrical generator. The housing body is formed with a top exhaust vent and at least one air entrance both in... Agent: Epoch Energy Technology Corporation

20110291425 - Low co2 emissions systems: Systems and methods of generating power or producing gaseous products generate CO2 as a waste product or as a greenhouse gas. Rather than being discharged into the atmosphere, the CO2 is employed in a bioreactor to enhance the growth of algae. The algae then becomes a commercial product, or it... Agent:

20110291410 - Assembly for generating electrical and thermal energy: An assembly for generating electrical and thermal energy has a structure that supports a cogeneration device provided with a combustion engine supplied with fuel, an electric generator driven by the combustion engine, and at least one heat exchanger to heat a fluid for a thermal appliance using the heat produced... Agent:

20110291411 - Power distribution system having priority load control: A power distribution system is disclosed. The power distribution system may have a generator, a first load interruption device associated with the generator, and a load powered by the generator. The power distribution system may also have a second load interruption device associated with the load, and a generator controller.... Agent:

20110291412 - Sea wave turbine speed control: A valve that controls the speed of a turbine that is moved by an oscillating air column. This turbine's speed is constantly being compared with the constant output of a digital oscillator. The deference between this two is an error voltage that is amplified and applied to the servomotor. That... Agent:

20110291413 - Modular electric generator for variable speed turbines: An electric power generation system may be constructed of multiple similar generator modules arranged between a rotor and a stator. The rotor may be coupled to and/or integrated with a turbine that is configured to rotate in the presence of a fluid stream such as wind or water. Each generator... Agent: Unimodal Systems, LLC

20110291416 - Use of pitch battery power to start wind turbine during grid loss/black start capability: A method of operating a wind power plant during grid loss is disclosed. The method includes powering a blade pitch drive of the wind power plant by an energy storing unit, and adjusting the pitch of the rotor blades of the wind power plant by means of the blade pitch... Agent:

20110291414 - Wind power generation system and method of controlling the same: Provided is a wind power generation system intending to suppress an increase of torque when a voltage in a utility grid is restored, and to reduce a load to devices due to the torque. The blade control unit controls the pitch angle of the wind turbine blades such that a... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110291415 - Wind turbine and method for monitoring the gap length between a rotor and a stator of the wind turbine generator: Wind turbine comprising a generator section with a generator rotor and a generator stator. A first air gap is defined between a first surface of the generator rotor and the stator, and magnets and electro conductive windings are provided at opposite sides of the first air gap to create a... Agent:

20110291419 - hydroelectric turbine with aligning means: The present invention is concerned with a hydroelectric turbine system with aligning means which enables a hydroelectric turbine system, comprising a base and a turbine mounted thereon, to be lowered to the seabed in a running tide while effecting and maintaining stability and a desired orientation of the system.... Agent: OpenhydroIPLimited

20110291417 - Device for conversion of wave energy: A device for conversion of energy of a wave of water comprises a front (11) and a back (12) opposite the front (11), a top (13) and a bottom (14) opposite the top (13), an inlet chamber (15) which has a partition (16), an inlet valve (17) at the front... Agent:

20110291418 - Power generator: It is an object of the present invention to provide a power generator so as to be preferably utilized as a small facility of low capacitance. A power generator comprises a float F that is placed on a surface of the sea, supporting members S, S, . . . that... Agent:

20110291423 - End turn arrangement: The invention relates to an end turn arrangement in a stator of a dynamoelectric machine. In order to reduce, in a simple fashion, the volume required for the end turns of the form-wound coils, the stator is formed of segments (1) that have a substantially circular arc-shaped cross-section and can... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20110291420 - Portable wind-driven alternator: This Portable Wind-driven Alternator is not a perpetual motion machine. Although this Portable Wind-driven Alternator's design resistance is very small, this Portable Wind-driven Alternator will charge the battery of vehicles to extend the time of travel, when the vehicles drive with high speed. But is unable permanent to travel. It... Agent:

20110291422 - Wind turbine generator and rolling bearing for wind turbine generator: In order to provide a rolling bearing for a wind turbine and a wind turbine which can prevent the deterioration of the lubrication condition even when the rolling bearing receives high load while the inner ring and the outer ring are kept still relative to each other, the wind turbine... Agent: Mitsubisihi Heavy Industries, Ltd

20110291421 - Wind-deflection omni-directional vertical wind-driven device: The present invention provides a wind-driven rotary device disposed on a wind power generator, and particularly a wind-driven device with vertical vanes that provide effects of wind deflection, omni-direction and wind collection. The wind-driven device is characterized in that: upright columns are disposed above the wind power generator, vertical arc-shaped... Agent: