F05B 2240/131
By means of vertical structures, i.e. chimneys
Official title: by means of vertical structures, i.e. chimneys
F05B2240/131 (By means of vertical structures, i.e. chimneys) appears on 141 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F05B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System for the obtaining of energy by fluid flows resembling a natural cyclone or anti-cyclone149US 4,452,046 A1984
- Wind energy facility with a closed cooling circuit96US 6,676,122 B12004
- Tornado-type wind turbine86US 4,070,131 AGrumman Aerospace Corporation · 1978
- Power system75US 3,936,652 A1976
- Power tower—system and method of using air flow generated by geothermal generated heat to drive turbines generators for the generation of electricity75US 9,574,551 B2GTherm, Inc. · 2017