B60L 8/006
Converting flow of air into electric energy
Official title: {Converting flow of air into electric energy, e.g. by using wind turbines}
B60L8/006 (Converting flow of air into electric energy) appears on 245 US grants and 361 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60L- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 5 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Battery temperature control system in electric automobile201US 5,490,572 AHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
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- Wind turbine generator for electrical powered vehicles125US 4,314,160 A1982
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