Y02E 10/74
Wind turbines with rotation axis perpendicular to the wind direction
Y02E10/74 (Wind turbines with rotation axis perpendicular to the wind direction) appears on 1,744 US grants and 2,125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2025 | 30 | 24 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wind turbine rotor, wind turbine rotor module, wind panel with the wind turbine rotor module, method for manufacturing the wind turbine rotor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235104 A1Vp System Sp Z O.O.
- Trying to generate more energy from transportation vehicle's movements than it uses16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200332 A1
- Vertical axis wind turbines and methods of manufacturing the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168476 A1Regents of the University of Minnesota
- An apparatus for controlling fluid flow to turbines4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153074 A1Newco142 Limited
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By later US patents
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- Wind dam electric generator and method102US 6,984,899 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2006