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Prime-mover Dynamo Plants > Fluid-current Motors > Wind WindWind patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/31/08 - 20080023964 - Omni-directional wind turbine An omni directional, vertical discharge wind turbine, consisting of a shroud that captures wind from any direction and directs it to flow vertically through a throat section where an aerofoil multi-bladed rotor is mounted. The rotor shaft is connected to an electrical power generator. The intake of the shroud incorporates ... 01/17/08 - 20080012347 - Wind generator system using attractive magnetic forces to reduce the load on the bearings A wind generator system includes a stationary frame, a shaft, mechanical bearings and a stator and a rotor, along with magnetic components configured to reduce or substantially eliminate various loads imposed on the mechanical bearings by the system and by wind. In particular, magnetic components at a bearing closest to ... 01/10/08 - 20080007070 - Chimney turbine The present invention is a ring generator with a rotor internal diameter equal to the turbine outside diameter, and having the turbine mounted on the inside of the rotor. ... 01/10/08 - 20080007069 - Fluid energy-harnessing apparatus Apparatus for harnessing energy from wind comprises upper and lower continuous-loop trackways defining a continuous loop path and a series of connected, movable wind foils. Each wind foil has a leading edge mast engaging and guided by the upper and lower trackways. Each wind foil is movable between first and ... 12/27/07 - 20070296220 - Wind turbine, a method for assembling and handling the wind turbine and uses hereof The invention relates to a wind turbine including a foundation and a tower positioned on the foundation where the tower includes more than one modules, where the modules each include a separate strengthening structure defining the outer edges of the module and wind turbine equipment, and where the more than ... 12/27/07 - 20070296219 - Boundary layer wind turbine A wind turbine including a stator assembly having a plurality of stator blades for tangentially redirecting wind into a rotor assembly having a plurality of vertical rotor blades disposed circumferentially on a plurality of disks stacked one on top of each other. Each disk defines at least one opening thereon ... 12/27/07 - 20070296218 - Wind turbine having variable pitch airfoils A wind turbine, having: a rotatable frame; a plurality of airfoils mounted to the rotatable frame, the wherein the airfoils extend parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable frame, and wherein the airfoils are individually pivotable with respect to the rotatable frame; and a mechanism that holds each ... 12/20/07 - 20070290509 - Wind energy plant with a rotor A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is coupled to a gear via a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being double bearing mounted via one rotor side bearing and one gear side bearing, wherein a connection between rotor shaft and gear is provided at the gear side of the ... 11/22/07 - 20070267874 - Integrated power plant that utilizes renewable and alternative energy sources A large pressure differential is created between the leading face of the rotor blade and the trailing face of the rotor blade during the power cycle which creates a large amount of force that rotates the rotor blade about the central shaft. In some embodiments, gaps are provided between the ... 11/15/07 - 20070262585 - Auto wind tec fan Auto Wind TEC Fan consists of a housing with an air-intake opening. Within the housing, a turbine and a generator are located. Lead lines connect to the generator to permit the electrical power generated to be utilized. In addition, a duct connects on one end to the housing and on ... 11/15/07 - 20070262584 - Energy recovery system for moving vehicle A system to recover energy from the air stream associated with a moving vehicle has a turbine disposed within the air stream and operatively connected through a drive shaft to an electrical generator. The turbine has a plurality of vanes characterized by a pitch angle which is controllable so that ... 11/08/07 - 20070257494 - Vertical-axis wind turbine The invention concerns a vertical-axis wind turbine comprising a central rotary tower whereto are fixed substantially vertical blades, said blades capable of rotating and moving radially relative to the central tower, the movement of each blade being independently controlled based on the conditions to which it is constantly subjected so ... 11/01/07 - 20070252391 - Thermal wind power generator A thermal wind power generator uses thermal wind of household chimney to generate electrical power. The thermal wind power generator includes a rectangular hood as main body and is arranged on a smoke outlet of a chimney. The hood includes a projected space of inverse funnel shape to collect thermal ... 10/18/07 - 20070241567 - Reduced friction wind turbine apparatus and method A fluid flow energy capture device for power generation has a rotor with a substantially vertical axis and a plurality of vanes. A mount for the rotor allows the rotor to rotate in response to fluid flow such as wind contacting the plurality of vanes, and the mount puts the ... 10/11/07 - 20070236021 - System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy for a building and the like A system for converting an airflow into mechanical or electrical energy and dimensioned to be attachable to a structure. The system includes a leading edge member, a pair of drawtube arrays, and an energy conversion device located between the pair of drawtube arrays and configured to convert an airflow through ... 09/27/07 - 20070222227 - Wind power generator including blade arrangement The invention relates to a wind power current generator comprising a bearing, a tubular stator that carries a race of the bearing, a tubular rotor coaxial with the tubular stator that can rotate in relation to the stator, a hub connected to the rotor, and at least two blades radially ... 09/27/07 - 20070222226 - Wind power generator and bearing structure therefor The invention relates to a wind power current generator comprising a bearing, a tubular stator that carries a race of the bearing, a tubular rotor coaxial with the tubular stator that can rotate in relation to the stator, a hub connected to the rotor, and at least two blades radially ... 09/27/07 - 20070222224 - Louvered horizontal wind turbine A wind turbine, including: a rotatable frame; a plurality of airfoils extending in a direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotatable frame; and an enclosure surrounding the rotatable frame, wherein the enclosure comprises a plurality of moveable members configured to direct air flow onto a first half ... 09/27/07 - 20070222223 - Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods A wind generator includes: a nacelle; a hub rotatably carried by the nacelle and including at least a pair of wind turbine blades; and an electricity producing generator including a stator and a rotor carried by the nacelle. The rotor is connected to the hub and rotatable in response to ... 09/20/07 - 20070216166 - Method for controlling a wind power plant and corresponding wind power plant Reduction in power output or rotor speed of a wind turbine above a defined limit value, the reduction not being implemented based on the measured wind speed, but on an input value which on one hand is easily detected physically and by control technology and on the other hand is ... 09/13/07 - 20070210585 - Wind-driven electrical power generating apparatus A power generating apparatus comprises an electrical power generating device, a vane-carrying structure and a mounting flange. The electrical power generating device includes a body and a power input shaft extending from within the body. The body is generally cylindrical shaped with opposing end portions. The power input shaft extends ... 09/06/07 - 20070205603 - Methods and devices for improving efficiency of wind turbines in low wind speed sites “The present invention is for an apparatus and method for a passive pitchable device for wind turbines comprising: a camshaft having cam grooves engraved; a cylindrical shell; an axial compression spring; said blade assembly and said cylindrical shell are fastened together by screws; a plurality of balls that roll along ... 08/23/07 - 20070194575 - Portable wind-driven electricity generation device A portable wind-driven electricity generation device is provided herein, which mainly contains a fan, a generator assembly, a primary rechargeable battery, a secondary rechargeable battery, and an auxiliary driving assembly. When there is wind, the wind would drive the generator assembly to continuously charge the primary and secondary rechargeable batteries. ... 08/16/07 - 20070187956 - Method for the erection of a wind energy plant, and wind energy plant A wind power installation comprising a pylon which is based on a foundation and a power module, wherein the power module has at least one transformer, by means of which the electrical energy provided by the generator of the wind power installation is transformed to a medium voltage or a ... 08/09/07 - 20070182162 - Methods and apparatus for advanced windmill design Methods and apparatus of improved windmill design and operation are discussed. An improved windmill assembly includes a support, a movable counterweight and a counterweight position adjuster. The windmill tower experiences oscillations, e.g., oscillations from wind variation, turbulence, varying stress levels, structural design attributes and/or balance considerations. The windmill tower is ... 08/09/07 - 20070182161 - Wind powered streetlight A streetlight for illuminating a portion of an adjacent roadway. The streetlight includes three vertical support members with a rotatable axle mounted intermediate thereto. Superposed on the vertical support members is a light assembly. A plurality of wind receptacles, having a hub, at least one support arm and at least ... 08/02/07 - 20070176432 - Power generating apparatus Power generating apparatus (10) including a cable (12) which rotatably mounts a plurality of power units (14). The power units (14) include wind power turbines (46) for producing power from the wind as the power units (14) fly in the sky whilst connected to the cable (12). ... 08/02/07 - 20070176431 - Wind turbine system for buildings Systems and methods for capturing the energy of wind currents by placing wind-driven turbines at one or more edges of a building's roof, where the wind currents are concentrated by deflection of the wind off the horizontal faces of the building. In one embodiment, a cylindrical wind turbine is placed ... 07/19/07 - 20070164571 - Wind-tunnel type power generator A wind-tunnel type power generator includes an outer cover, a turbine rotor, an air escape valve, and at least a rear fin. The outer cover is a convergent-divergent shape and the turbine rotor is installed into an inner flowing path thereof, the air escape valve is installed on the outer ... 07/19/07 - 20070164570 - Assembly comprising a water turbine and a generator, the rotor of which is direct-connected to each one of the blades of the turbine The invention relates to an assembly having a water turbine (2) and a rotary electrical generator (1), the rotor (4) of which is connected to the turbine (2). The turbine (2) has at least three axially directed blades (5). According to the invention, each blade (5) is individually directly connected ... 07/05/07 - 20070152454 - Wind turbine assembly and related method Wind turbine assembly, and related method, is provided that exploits an aerodynamically enhanced wind region of a building in proximity to a parapet of the building. A wind turbine assembly includes a support assembly configured to couple to a building in proximity to a parapet of the building and a ... 07/05/07 - 20070152453 - System and apparatus for emergency backup power generation An emergency backup power generation system includes a housing comprising a main body portion, a top cap, and a bottom cap. Inner and outer surfaces and the main body portion, the top cap, and the bottom cap define a generally hollow interior volume within the inner surface. A shaft within ... 06/28/07 - 20070145752 - Fire protection The present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a pod arranged at the tip of the pylon. The invention further concerns a method of controlling such a wind power installation. In order to prevent a fire from occurring or at least to be able to rapidly ... 06/07/07 - 20070126241 - Wind drive apparatus for an aerial wind power generation system Wind driven apparatus for an aerial power generation system include driven elements and controls. The driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwind phase. The driven elements have a sail portion ... 06/07/07 - 20070126240 - Generator A wind powered generator comprising first and second current generator means arranged to generate electric current in response to relative rotation between the two generator means; at least one rotary part having vanes, the rotary part being operatively connected to one of the generator means and arranged to rotate in ... 05/24/07 - 20070114799 - Systems and methods for damping a displacement of a wind turbine tower A method for damping a displacement of a wind turbine tower includes controlling a frequency of oscillation of the wind turbine tower by coupling one of a first beam and a water tank to a plurality of surfaces inside the wind turbine tower. ... 05/17/07 - 20070108776 - Wind energy system with a fully integrated machine assembly A wind energy system comprising a tower, a machine housing which is rotatably arranged on the tower about its axis, receiving a gear mechanism, a generator, a slip ring arrangement, a brake, and a rotor which is mounted in the machine housing and which is provided with at least one ... 05/17/07 - 20070108775 - Vehicle-mounted generator A vehicle-mounted generator is powered by relative wind produced by the combination of ambient wind and motion of the vehicle, or by movement of water when mounted on the hull of a water-borne vehicle. A rigid cylindrical housing forms an enclosed interior chamber. Wind asymmetrically enters the chamber through an ... 05/10/07 - 20070102940 - Vessel for transporting wind turbines, methods of moving a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for an off-shore wind farm A wind turbine (1) has a base (5) divided into at least three ballast tanks (12). A vessel (7) has means for displacing the wind turbine between a loading space (25) and an unloading position (26). At its unloading position the vessel has winches (11) with at least three flexible ... 05/10/07 - 20070102939 - Method for operation of a wind energy installation A wind energy installation (10) and a method for operation of a wind energy installation (10), with the wind energy installation (10) having a rotor (18) which can be driven by wind, having at least one rotor blade (22), a generator for conversion of the mechanical energy of the rotor ... 05/10/07 - 20070102938 - Infuser augmented vertical wind turbine electrical generating system A wind turbine for generating electrical power having a vertical “Savonius rotor type” wind rotatable turbine with multiple fixed pitch blades and a rotatable wind inlet duct having an identical number of multiple infuser-shaped aerodynamic guides as the pitch blades and is mounted in the duct to direct equal air ... 04/26/07 - 20070090653 - Hover installed renewable energy tower The invention provides a scaleable tower that adapts to the technologies of photovoltaic panels and micro to small turbine(s), in multiple configurations, raised in a hover-up manner. ... 04/19/07 - 20070085346 - Method and apparatus for gravity induced thermal energy dissipation A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat sink includes a ... 04/05/07 - 20070075549 - Wind power plant based on the windmill principle with an additional vane bearing at the vane end The present invention concerns a wind power plant with a central rotor unit (1); a ring carrier element (2), which surrounds the central rotor unit (1) in a concentric configuration; and with several rotor vanes (3) which are fixed with a bearing to the rotor unit (1) and to the ... 04/05/07 - 20070075548 - Removable bearing arrangement for a wind turbine generator A wind generator having removable change-out bearings includes a rotor and a stator, locking bolts configured to lock the rotor and stator, a removable bearing sub-assembly having at least one shrunk-on bearing installed, and removable mounting bolts configured to engage the bearing sub-assembly and to allow the removable bearing sub-assembly ... 04/05/07 - 20070075547 - System and method for driving a monopile for supporting an offshore wind turbine A method for installing an offshore wind turbine system includes driving a cylindrical annular monopile or a substructure into the soil. The monopile includes a flanged portion configured to support a wind turbine tower or a superstructure. The flanged portion extends radially from a peripheral surface of the monopile. The ... 03/01/07 - 20070046029 - Magnus type wind power generator A Magnus type wind power generator (A) comprising a horizontal rotary shaft (3) for transmitting torque to a power generating mechanism (2), rotary columns (5) disposed radially of the horizontal rotary shaft (3), driving motors (15) for rotatively driving the respective rotary columns (5) around the axes thereof, in which ... 02/22/07 - 20070040389 - Adaptable flow-driven energy capture system A scalable fluid-driven assembly that is uniquely configured to oscillate in the presence of fluid-flow. The assembly includes an adjustable electromechanically controlled fluidfoil. The fluidfoil is controlled to permit a consistently optimum angle of attack into the prevailing flow and to remain parallel with respect thereto. ... 02/22/07 - 20070040388 - Wind turbine for use offshore A procedure and a device in connection with the use of a wind turbine offshore, comprising a wind turbine (2) connected via a shaft (not shown) to a generator (3), which is rotationally mounted on a tower (4), and a foundation underneath in the form of a float (6) on ... 02/08/07 - 20070029807 - Methods and systems for generating wind energy The present disclosure disclosures methods and systems for harnessing wind to create electricity. The present disclosure discloses a helical blade vertical axis wind generator. One or more blades are spun by the force of wind which in turn spins a generator and produces electricity. ... 02/01/07 - 20070024060 - Wind wheel and electricity generator using same A wind-driven power source comprises a propeller-driven rotor structure and a stature structure carrying clusters of copper-wire wound ferromagnetic cores as voltage generators. The cores are arranged in pairs spaced apart by hard rubber rollers which engage the inside surface of a load ring forming part of the rotor structure. ... 01/25/07 - 20070018464 - Wind turbine device A hybrid blade wind turbine device formed of at least a pair of straight outer airfoil blades, and a pair of inner helical wing blades, as supported for rotation within a safety protective cage structure, which wind turbine can be mounted in the vertical, horizontal, or other aligned operational positions. ... 01/25/07 - 20070018463 - Wind power generation apparatus Disclosed relates to a wind power generation apparatus and, more particularly, to a multi-direction wind power generation apparatus, which can be easily, solidly and largely manufactured and also repaired readily, for enhancing the efficiency of power generation by making most us of wind and by lessening the wind resistance. The ... 01/25/07 - 20070018462 - Generator A wind powered generator comprising first and second current generator means arranged to generate electric current in response to relative rotation between the two generator means; at least one rotary part having vanes, the rotary part being operatively connected to one of the generator means and arranged to rotate in ... 01/18/07 - 20070013196 - Wind power generator A wind power generator includes a cover, a front nose cone, a rear nose cone and a vane unit. The cover has a curved air-guiding portion. The front nose cone and the rear nose cone have a plurality of supporting pillars fixedly connected to the front portion and rear portion ... 01/04/07 - 20070001465 - Windmill funnel and method of increasing windmill output An apparatus for improving the generation of wind-powered energy is configured to be placed in front of a windmill. The apparatus has an entry aperture spaced from the windmill blades and having an entry aperture dimension that is greater than the tip-to-tip span of the rotatable windmill blades. The apparatus ... 01/04/07 - 20070001464 - System and method for installing a wind turbine at an offshore location A wind turbine system includes a wind turbine generator having a rotor and a nacelle mounted atop wind tower. The wind tower is mounted on a central caisson. The wind turbine system further includes a plurality of tensioned mooring lines flexibly secured to the central caisson. The mooring lines are ... 12/28/06 - 20060290140 - Horizontal axis wind turbine Disclosed is a horizontal axis wind turbine of an downwind type having a rotor disposed downwind of a tower, comprising: a rotor having a hub and a blade; a nacelle to support the rotor rotatably through a main shaft connected to the hub; a cylindrical tower supporting to enable free ... 12/07/06 - 20060273597 - Wind harnessing system A wind harnessing system comprises a substantially helical structure including at least a portion of a spiraling groove and at least one energy converter positioned at least partially within the portion of the spiraling groove. In other embodiments, wind grooves formed by adjacent bands which are fixed with respect to ... 11/30/06 - 20060267348 - Tower for a wind power station Disclosed is a tower for a wind power station comprising a machine pod disposed on the tower and a rotor mounted on the machine pod so as to be rotatable about an essentially horizontal axis. Said rotor is provided with at least one blade. The tower is composed of a ... 11/30/06 - 20060267347 - Method of operating a wind power station When planning and setting up wind power installations, the visual detractions to be expected on the part of the wind power installation on the environment play an increasingly important part in approval and acceptance. The shadow casting caused by the wind power installation on the adjoining properties is often perceived ... 10/19/06 - 20060232076 - Reduced friction wind turbine apparatus and method The present invention is a wind power apparatus for driving an electric generator. The wind power apparatus comprises a frame, a vertical axle mounted on the frame and a buoyant hull. The buoyant hull is rotational disposed on the axle. The buoyant hull has a curvilinear side surface. The wind ... 10/05/06 - 20060220389 - Wind wheel for wind power generation Provided is a power generating wind turbine in which parts and compoments installed in or on a nacelle are made smaller and lighter and maintenance is facilitated. A main shaft 11, a gear-box speeding up rotation of the main shaft 11 and a generator 13 driven by output of the ... 08/03/06 - 20060170222 - Building incorporating a wind turbine system Wind turbine system, and related method, is provided that exploits an aerodynamically enhanced wind zone of a structure by aligning a wind turbine generator, and preferably a plurality thereof, along a wall thereof. Each generator includes a structural support, a wind turbine rotor and a generator set. The system includes ... 07/13/06 - 20060152016 - Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially inside the stator while minimizing the potential for ... 07/13/06 - 20060152015 - Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially inside the stator while minimizing the potential for ... 07/13/06 - 20060152014 - Method and apparatus for wind turbine air gap control Methods and apparatus for assembling a wind turbine generator are provided. The wind turbine generator includes a core and a plurality of stator windings circumferentially spaced about a generator longitudinal axis, a rotor rotatable about the generator longitudinal axis wherein the rotor includes a plurality of magnetic elements coupled to ... 07/13/06 - 20060152013 - Wind powered pendulating land sail electricity generation system An electricity generation system having the ability to generate clean electrical power by mechanically capturing the power of the wind. The system utilizes one or more modular wind collecting sail assemblies that are mounted on an upright oriented pole assembly. The bottom end of the pole assembly is rigidly connected ... 07/13/06 - 20060152012 - Traffic-driven wind generator A wind-capturing electrical generator device comprising a plurality of generators is driven by wind created by traffic passing in close proximity at high speeds. The device preferably uses horizontally or vertically mounted Savonius-type or helical-turbine-type rotors attached to electrical generators in order to capture the wind and produce electrical energy. ... 07/06/06 - 20060145484 - Wind power installation with separate primary and secondary cooling circuits A wind power installation includes a nacelle, and energy conversion system for converting wind power into electric energy. The energy conversion system includes a heat-generating source which is disposed in the nacelle and constructed to include a closed primary cooling system using air for dissipating generated heat. Further provided is ... 06/29/06 - 20060138782 - Multi-turbine airflow amplifying generator The wind generating device of the present invention employs modules each having two turbines. Each of the turbines employs two rotors, coaxially aligned and arranged one downstream from the other. The arrangement includes a proximal channel with a leading portion having decreasing radius toward the first rotor which acts as ... 06/29/06 - 20060138781 - Wind turbine generator A wind turbine generator including a nacelle having reduced size and weight is provided. The wind turbine generator includes a nacelle disposed on a tower. The nacelle includes a main shaft that is connected to a rotor head equipped with blades and that integrally rotates with the rotor head, a ... 06/29/06 - 20060138780 - Modular wind turbine transmission A wind turbine gear unit has a low speed gear module and a plurality of high speed gear modules wherein the low speed gear module is operable simultaneously to transmit torque to each of the high speed gear modules. ... 06/15/06 - 20060125243 - Mechanism for rotating the rotor/s, stator/s, an electric power generator/s Normal existing system generate electrical power from mechanical rotational power produced by internal combustion engines the rotors of the wind, which rotates the rotor in one direction, the stator being static and fixed. The device described makes the rotor and the stator in electric generators to rotate in opposite directions ... 06/01/06 - 20060113804 - Passively cooled direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that passively cools an electrical generator. The wind turbine includes a plurality of fins arranged peripherally around a generator house. Each of the fins being oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees to allow parallel flow of air over the fin. The fin is ... 05/25/06 - 20060108809 - Protective wind energy conversion chamber A protective wind energy conversion chamber provides a protected multiple turbine mechanism axially aligned to convert kinetic energy of a moving fluid (e.g., wind) into rotational mechanical power by the reaction of the moving fluid with the turbine. The conversion chamber may either be configured as a vertical axis wind ... 05/04/06 - 20060091678 - Hovering wind turbine A hovering wind turbine (1) whose blades (2) lie on the surface of an imaginary horizontal cylinder and have their pitch angle changing as a function of the rotational angle, allowing them to gather wind energy mainly in the upwind and downwind sectors of the cylindrical path and to use ... 04/20/06 - 20060082160 - Wind powered generator platform A wind powered generation platform in accordance with the present invention provides for remote placement of wind generation systems in a body of water. A platform for such use includes a base portion, a control portion, a stabilizing portion, a power generation portion and a power link portion. Management of ... 04/13/06 - 20060076782 - Wind-guidance enhancing apparatus for a fluid power generator A wind-guidance enhancing apparatus for a wind power generator includes a support stage; an impeller stage including at least one blade, and a wind-guidance unit for guiding wind to the impeller stage. The wind-guidance unit includes a plurality of wind-guidance plates having wind-guidance faces, wind-guidance gates, and wind-guidance runners defined ... 01/19/06 - 20060012182 - Wind energy conversion system A wind energy conversion system includes upper and lower wind turbines having counter-rotating blade assemblies supported for rotation about a vertical rotation axis, with each blade assembly carrying a rotor for rotation past a stator to produce an electrical output. The wind turbines are supported by a tower at an ... 01/12/06 - 20060006658 - Wind energy conversion system A wind energy conversion system includes upper and lower wind turbines having counter-rotating blade assemblies supported for rotation about a vertical rotation axis, with each blade assembly carrying a rotor for rotation past a stator to produce an electrical output. The wind turbines are supported by a tower at an ... 12/22/05 - 20050280264 - Multistage wind-powered generator with shafts and a coupling system A wind-powered generator can be used with high efficiency, not only in large wind-powered systems but also in smaller versions. Two or more generators are arranged, either one behind the other or side by side, after a mechanical device which uses wind power. The two or more generators which are ... 11/03/05 - 20050242591 - System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy A system for converting an airflow into mechanical energy includes a drawtube and an airflow turbine capable of converting an airflow through the drawtube into rotational mechanical energy. The drawtube includes a tubular member with first and second open ends and a substantially planar leading edge member positioned in front ... 10/13/05 - 20050225092 - Mechanism for converting mechanical energy for wind powered energy systems An improved drive mechanism for a windmill has: (a) a drive chain driven into movement by a wind wheel shaft driven into rotation by wind movement against a wind wheel; (b) a drive chain sprocket driven by the drive chain and coupled to a force chain sprocket to correspondingly drive ... 10/06/05 - 20050218657 - Mobile renewable energy generator A method and apparatus for a portable renewable energy generator includes; a movable platform adapted for one of towing and transport to a remote area, a redundant renewable energy source generator including a wind energy extraction device configured for transport on the movable platform, and a battery system operably connected ... 10/06/05 - 20050218656 - Wind energy turbine The invention relates to a wind turbine and to the installation of such a wind turbine, particularly offshore. When wind turbines are installed in the previously known manner, a tower of the wind turbine is firstly manufactured, said tower being a steel tower, a concrete tower or a lattice tower. ... 09/29/05 - 20050212300 - Vertical axis windmill A vertical shaft windmill is provided in which: a casing (7) extends further upward than a lowest arm (5L); a radial bearing (BI) is fixed to the outer part of the casing (7); and the arm (5L) is mounted for rotation to the casing (7) through the radial bearing (BI). ... 09/22/05 - 20050206168 - Float type base structure for wind power generationon the ocean The present invention relates to a floating-type foundation structure that supports a power generation system upon the ocean in the upright position. The foundation structure comprises: a main floating body consisting of a cylinder that is longer in the axial direction disposed such that its central axis becomes vertical so ... 09/15/05 - 20050200135 - Wind turbine provided with a controller for adjusting active annular plane area and the operating method thereof A wind turbine which varies an active annular plane area by composing such that blades are attached to a cylindrical rotor movable in the radial direction of the rotor, the blades being reciprocated in the radial direction by means of a blade shifting mechanism connected to the root of each ... 09/15/05 - 20050200134 - Wind turbine provided with a controller for adjusting active annular plane area and the operating method thereof A wind turbine which varies an active annular plane area by composing such that blades are attached to a cylindrical rotor movable in the radial direction of the rotor, the blades being reciprocated in the radial direction by means of a blade shifting mechanism connected to the root of each ... 09/15/05 - 20050200133 - Separate network and method for operating a separate network The present invention relates to an isolated network with at least one power generator, which uses renewable energy sources, wherein the power generator is preferably a wind-power station with a first synchronous generator, with a dc voltage intermediate circuit with at least a first rectifier and an inverter, with a ... 08/11/05 - 20050173929 - Fire protection The present invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pylon and a pod arranged at the tip of the pylon. The invention further concerns a method of controlling such a wind power installation._In order to prevent a fire from occurring or at least to be able to rapidly extinguish ... 08/04/05 - 20050167989 - Wind power installation with separate primary and secondary cooling circuits A wind power installation includes a nacelle for housing a generator, and a turbine having at least one rotor blade. At least the generator includes a closed primary cooing system, and the nacelle is provided with a cooling system for cooling the primary cooling system in dependence on an output ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |