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Prime-mover dynamo plants January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/12

20120019005 - Internal combustion engine with rocker member-affected stroke: An internal combustion engine may include a cylinder block defining a cylinder and a crankshaft including a crankpin. The crankshaft is rotatably received by the cylinder block and rotates along a longitudinal axis, and the crankpin defines a longitudinal axis parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal axis along which... Agent:

20120019006 - Coaxial wind turbine: Disclosed is a gearbox with two driver gears that are phase shifted 180 degrees with respect to a driven gear so that counter-rotation of the driver gears combine to rotate the driven gear together. The gearbox can be used to couple a counter-rotating, coaxial wind turbine rotors by coupling the... Agent:

20120019009 - Compressed air energy storage system utilizing two-phase flow to facilitate heat exchange: A compressed-air energy storage system according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a reversible mechanism to compress and expand air, one or more compressed air storage tanks, a control system, one or more heat exchangers, and, in certain embodiments of the invention, a motor-generator. The reversible air compressor-expander uses... Agent: Lightsail Energy Inc.

20120019010 - Fluid machine: Means to attain the purpose: A fluid machine (14, 102, 108) has a plurality of fluid units (16, 20) that include rotating bodies (40, 66) and suck/discharge a working fluid along with the rotation of the rotating bodies, and a drive shaft (72) connected with the rotating bodies of the... Agent: Sanden Corporation

20120019008 - Hybrid vertical energy storage system: A hybrid vertical energy storage system is invented wherein the components responsible for the conversion, storage and production of energy are used as the weighted component of a gravitationally aided energy storage device. The present invention allows gravity to operate mechanical devices which may help move a volume of fluid... Agent:

20120019007 - Method and apparatus for minimizing harmonic currents in a wind turbine park: A collector system (49) for supplying electrical energy to a grid (50). The collector system (49) comprises a plurality of voltage sources (46/48/66/68) each producing a fundamental frequency current and a plurality of harmonic frequency currents related to the fundamental frequency, wherein one or more of the plurality of fundamental... Agent:

20120019000 - Generator set calibration controller: A calibration system for a generator set controller is disclosed. The calibration system may have a source of electric power, a controller in communication with the source and configured to monitor a parameter of the electric power and produce at least one output corresponding to the monitored parameter, and a... Agent:

20120019001 - Wind turbine, drive train assembly, wind turbine nacelle system, methods for converting rotational energy and methods for building a nacelle and for re-equipping a wind turbine: A wind turbine with a drive train connecting a drive unit with a generator assembly is provided. The generator assembly includes a first generator with a first stator and a first rotor, the first rotor being directly connected to the drive train, and at least a second generator indirectly coupled... Agent:

20120019002 - Vertical axial wind power generation device: A vertical axis wind turbine power generation device includes a substantially n-shaped support frame having a first board and two second boards, and at least one reinforced plate installed at a position of connecting the first and second boards, a vane wheel axially disposed between the second boards and including... Agent:

20120019003 - Ocean current-based hydroelectric power generation system: An ocean current-based hydroelectric power generation system is disclosed wherein the rotational assembly of the system floats at the surface of the water and comprises a paddle wheel style impeller with a plurality of paddles surrounding an axle wherein the paddles positioned above the surface of the water are propelled... Agent:

20120019004 - Renewable energy system: A water based renewable energy system is shown which uses tidal flow and an associated water wheel/weir assembly to provide pumping power for the system. A water wheel powered pump and associated piping are used to raise water from a lower lake reservoir to a higher storage lake reservoir. The... Agent:

20120013131 - Gravity power generating apparatus: The present invention provides a gravity power generating apparatus comprising a set of a plurality of magnetic heavy objects; a generator for generating electrical power by rotating a rotor of the generator, wherein the rotation of the generator is accomplished by having each heavy object to pass through a gravity... Agent: Kun Yi Enterprise Co., Ltd

20120013132 - Low emissions hybrid vehicle: One embodiment of the invention relates to a power system for a vehicle. The power system includes a first power source that is configured to provide power to the wheels of the vehicle. The power system further includes a second power source, an electrical system powered by the second power... Agent: Spartan Motors, Inc.

20120013124 - Mechanical wind turbine and method of use: A mechanical wind mill is provided for producing electricity through the power of wind energy. The wind turbine may include a plurality of gears which may be interchanged to control the rotational velocity of the wind turbine to most efficiently produce electricity. Including in the plurality of gears are the... Agent:

20120013125 - Generating energy from fluid expansion: An apparatus includes an electric generator having a stator and a rotor. A turbine is coupled to an end of the rotor to rotate at the same speed as the rotor. The turbine may rotate in response to expansion of a working fluid flowing from an inlet side to an... Agent: Calnetix, Inc.

20120013126 - Water elevation type wave energy converter and method of conversion of wave energy: The present invention relates to an energy system and method suitable for converting wave energy of a body of water into movement of a drive train to capture energy comprising a vessel sitting on said body of water having a hull (1) adapted to roll freely in response to said... Agent:

20120013127 - Wave power plant: A wave power plant is disclosed. The wave power plant is designed for converting the energy of the disturbed water surface into the energy of the output shaft. The wave power plant can include a displacement body floating on the water surface, the displacement body having an internal installation of... Agent:

20120013129 - Central axis water turbine: A central axis water turbine is described which comprises a turbine body having a central axis; a rotor mounted on the turbine body for rotation about the central axis, the rotor comprising a central hub supporting a plurality of blades, each blade extending from a blade root mounted on the... Agent: Atlantis Resources Corporation Pte, Ltd.

20120013128 - Hydrokinetic turbine for low velocity currents: A hydrokinetic turbine is adapted to slow water energy conversion to avoid adverse environmental impact on tidal flushing. It combines a large bulbous upstream hub with a peripheral array of current deflectors downstream of the hub. The deflectors are analogous to delta plane wings at high angle of attack, but... Agent:

20120013130 - Electrical generator: An electrical generator is provided. The electrical generator includes a support, a magnetic material configured to be coupled to the support, and at least one flexible conductive member configured to include an electrical conductor associated with the magnetic material and to move in response to a fluid flow.... Agent:

20120007369 - Compact thermoacoustic array energy converter: A thermoacoustic array energy converter consists of heat driven thermoacoustic prime movers in parallel coupled by means of an acoustic cavity to a piezoelectric electrical generator whose output is rectified and fed to an energy storage element. The prime movers convert heat to sound in a resonator. The sound form... Agent:

20120007367 - Fitness equipment energy regenerating and saving system: A fitness equipment energy regenerating and saving system is provided. The system includes a bidirectional power converter, a bidirectional power drive, a generator, and an energy managing circuit. The energy managing circuit activates the bidirectional power converter so as to enable the bidirectional power drive to feedback the power generated... Agent: Rhymebus Corporation

20120007370 - Fuel cell system comprising at least one fuel cell: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell with a cathode region and an anode region. The fuel cell system also includes at least one device, which is flown through by an intake air flow flowing to the cathode region and by a used air stream discharged from the cathode... Agent: Daimler Ag

20120007371 - Fuel cell system comprising at least one fuel cell: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell with a cathode region and anode region. The fuel cell system includes an exchanging device, which is flown through by an intake air flow flowing to the cathode region and by a used air flow discharged from the cathode region. In the... Agent: Daimler Ag

20120007368 - Pressure reduction plant for a gas or gas mixture: The present invention relates to a pressure reduction plant for a gas or gas mixture and recovering of the pressure power lost by said gas or gas mixture, the said gas or the said gas mixture flowing through at least a driving turbine of an electrical power turbo generator set,... Agent:

20120007360 - Starting method for brushless wound field starter-generator without rotating diode rectifier: A starting system may comprise a wound-field electric machine with a main generator and an exciter generator. The main generator and the exciter generator may each have stator windings and rotor windings. A shorting switch may be provided for interconnecting the stator windings of the exciter generator together when power... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20120007361 - Water handling environment water electric generator: A variable volume and velocity water electric generator system for use in a narrow channel in which variable amounts of water flow. The system includes an electric generator/water wheel unit mounted on a rigid frame vertically aligned within the channel. The unit includes an electric generator and the water wheel... Agent:

20120007362 - Turbine assembly: A turbine assembly (10, 90, 100, 200) comprising, a rotor (20) having a plurality of blades (30), and a shroud (40) at least partially enclosing the rotor (20) and adapted to expose a portion of the rotor (20).... Agent:

20120007363 - Apparatus for generating electric power using water wave energy: An apparatus for generating electric power comprises an electric generating device mounted on a main frame and including a transmission unit coupled to a pivot rod of a float-mounting frame of a float unit, and a generator coupled to an accelerating unit. The float unit includes two floats connected to... Agent:

20120007364 - Brushless dc turbo-hydro electric generator: This Generator utilizes waters motion rotating NdFeB rotorblades within aluminum trapezoidal bars to generate electricity. The generator includes a moving magnetic field, wherein magnetic neodymium-iron-boron's embedded in turbine blades uniformly, with alternating polarity, circumferentially distributed about central axis drive shaft. The generator includes rotational speed controlled by secondary internally sourced... Agent:

20120007365 - Deployable wind power and battery unit: A portable, selectively deployable power supply and storage arrangement includes a frame, a floor securable to the frame and having a longitudinally extending guide member provided thereon, a mast assembly having a first end pivotally connected to a tractor element slidable along the guide member and a second end opposite... Agent: Atopia Research

20120007366 - Variable area vertical axis wind turbine: A vertical axis wind turbine according to embodiments of the present invention includes a hub, first and second rotor arms rigidly coupled to the hub, a first rotor blade pivotably coupled to the first rotor arm at a first hinge joint, a second rotor blade pivotably coupled to the second... Agent:

20120001427 - Method and device for harvesting energy from ocean waves: A method and device for generating electricity from ocean waves. The device includes at least one magnetostrictive element and one or more electrically conductive coils or circuits. When the magnetostrictive element is deployed in a body of water, the motion of the body of water, including wave motion, causes changes... Agent:

20120001428 - Wind energy system: A wind energy system continuously responsive to changes in wind direction and speed. The system includes a low-profile, rotatably-mounted turbine assembly. The turbine assembly includes a wind tunnel with a “cow catcher” style wind gatherer. The tunnel defines a narrowed throat portion between the inlet and outlet to increase the... Agent:

20120001429 - Carbon dioxide-based geothermal energy generation systems and methods related thereto: Novel carbon dioxide-based geothermal energy generation systems, i.e., carbon plume geothermal (CPG) systems, and methods are provided. With the novel systems and methods described herein, geothermal energy can now be provided at lower temperatures and at locations other than hot, dry rock formations, without negatively impacting the surrounding area through... Agent: Regents Of The University Of Minnesota

20120001430 - Flow development and cogeneration chamber: A fluid handling and cogeneration system has an inlet conduit receiving a fluid, a housing having a inlet end, a outlet end and an interior surface. The housing encloses an inner body which together with the housing is arranged to form an annular space between the interior surface of the... Agent:

20120001432 - Apparatus for converting wave energy into electric power: The invention concerns an apparatus for converting wave energy into electric power, comprising a closed floating element (1) and a mass forming element (2), the mass forming element (2) being arranged inside the floating element (1) and mounted mobile relative to the floating element (1), the mass forming element (2)... Agent:

20120001431 - Method and apparatus for energy generation: A wave energy generator is disclosed with one or more wave follower connected to a fixed structure such as the leg or jacket of a wind turbine, and an energy converter to convert kinetic energy from the movement of the wave followers into electric energy, wherein the wave follower is... Agent:

20120001433 - Fluid driven wheel system for generating electricity: A fluid driven wheel system for generating electricity has a double wheel assembly having a pair of identical wheels mounted in a vertical orientation on a horizontal axle. Fluid receptacles are connected to the wheels adjacent to the perimeters of the wheels and interconnect the wheels. Each fluid receptacle has... Agent:

20120001435 - Generator power conditioning: The present invention relates to electricity generating equipment, particularly off-shore generators for generating electricity from tidal streams, marine currents or wave motion. In a generator (101) according to one embodiment, each three-phase set (113) of three coils (109) is connected to a separate rectifier (121), the output of which is... Agent:

20120001434 - Method and apparatus for generation of free-surface waves using cavity resonator: A wave generation device includes a main flow channel and one or more side channels to initiate vortex shedding and generate a resonant free-surface standing wave. The main channel is a duct for the passage of a fluid such as water. The side channel or channels can be perpendicular or... Agent:

20120001436 - Power generator using a wind turbine, a hydrodynamic retarder and an organic rankine cycle drive: An electric power generating system is provided that uses a wind turbine to generate waste-heat that is utilized in an organic Rankine Cycle drive that converts heat energy into rotation of a generator rotor for generating electricity. A hydrodynamic retarder may be provided that dissipates heat into a hot fluid... Agent: Twin Disc, Inc.

20120001439 - System for converting wind power to electrical power with transmission: A system for converting wind power to electrical power comprising a transmission module with multiple power flows to an output and a first generator coupled to the output, wherein the first generator operates at substantially constant speed for the multiple power flows. A method is also disclosed that operates a... Agent:

20120001437 - Wind power generator: Provided is a wind power generator that reduces the amount of heat input into a nacelle from the outside of the nacelle due to the solar radiation, and that improves the heat dissipation performance from the inside of the nacelle to the outside air. In a wind power generator in... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120001438 - Wind power generator: A wind power generator is provided in which a reduction in weight is achieved by reducing the wall thickness of a nacelle, and an increase in the amount of heat input to the interior of the nacelle from sunlight is suppressed. In a wind power generator in which driving/power-generating mechanisms... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120001440 - Wind power generator: A wind power generator, which minimizes vortexes formed on a disc, thus efficiently rotating the disc, and which has blade type cells capable of increasing wind power, and which reduces friction load of a rotating shaft induced by the weight of the rotating shaft having blades, thus more efficiently rotating... Agent: