Turbine with dynamically adaptable Savonius blades
OwnerHassan Mohajerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus with rotating turbine including: a cage rotating around a cage axis, wherein the rotation of the cage around the cage axis induces a lift of the apparatus above the ground; and a plurality of turbines located within the cage, each turbine rotating around a respective turbine axis different from the cage axis, and including a turbine blade having an adaptable shape; a frame including a first frame portion and a second frame portion coupled to the first frame portion, and wherein the first frame portion pivots relative to the second frame portion; a connection between an end of the frame and a region of the frame away from the end of the frame.
Claims18
An apparatus with rotating turbines comprising:
- a cage rotating around a cage axis, wherein the rotation of the cage around the cage axis induces a lift of the apparatus above a ground;
- and
- a plurality of turbines located within the cage, wherein each of the plurality of turbines is configured by two end points to fully rotate in a 360-degree circular path around a respective turbine axis different from the cage axis, and wherein each of the plurality of turbines comprises
- a turbine blade having an adaptable shape;
- a frame including a first frame portion and a second frame portion coupled to the first frame portion, and wherein the first frame portion pivots relative to the second frame portion;
- and
- a first connection between an end of the frame and a region of the frame away from the end of the frame, wherein a length of the first connection is configured to change,
- and wherein
- changing the length of the first connection causes the adaptable shape of the turbine blade to conform to a flat shape and a curved shape.
An apparatus comprising:
- a cage that rotates around a cage axis, wherein the rotation of the cage around the cage axis induces a lift of the apparatus above a ground;
- a plurality of turbines located within the cage, wherein each of the plurality of turbines is configured by two end points to fully rotate in a 360-degree circular path around a respective turbine axis different from the cage axis, and wherein each of the plurality of turbines comprises
- a turbine blade having an adaptable shape, and
- a first connection between a first end of said each of the plurality of turbines and a center region of said each of the plurality of turbines turbine, wherein a length of the first connection is configured to change, and wherein adjusting the length of the first connection causes the adaptable shape of the turbine blade to change to a flat or curved shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.