F03B 15/005
Starting, also of pump-turbines
Official title: {Starting, also of pump-turbines}
F03B15/005 (Starting, also of pump-turbines) appears on 43 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Device and method for starting pumped storage group and pumped storage system24 Jun 2025US 12,338,784 B2Csg Power Generation Co., Ltd. Maint. and Test Co.
- Power transfer system between an AC network and a reversible hydraulic turbine27 May 2025US 12,316,123 B2Supergrid Institute
- Hydrokinetic turbine and array performance optimization by dynamic tuning24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286927 A1Emrgy Inc.
- Device and method for starting pumped storage group and pumped storage system3 Apr 2025US 2025/0109732 A1Csg Power Generation Co., Ltd. Maint. and Test Co.
- Method for starting a turbine in a pump mode12 Sep 2024US 2024/0301852 A1GE Renewable Technologies
- Energy generating device13 Jun 2024US 2024/0191683 A1
- Utility Scale Hydro Pump System and Method16 May 2024US 2024/0159006 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for starting pump15US 4,014,624 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1977
- Hydropowered turbine system15US 5,780,935 AIowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. · 1998
- Method for adjusting the output of a pump provided with an adjustable spray cone with movable blades14US 4,056,330 AAteliers des Charmilles S.A. · 1977
- Method and apparatus for controlling a water turbine13US 4,120,602 ACompagnie Nationale du Rhone · 1978
- Turbine apparatus and governor for turbine13US 7,072,744 B2Hitachi, Ltd. · 2006