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US 10,871,147 B2Granted
Wind turbine apparatuses
AssigneeSpinetic Energy Limited
InventorsGiles Rodway, Kurt Joachim
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Abstract
A wind turbine apparatus including: a blade portion; a generator having a stator having a plurality of coils and a rotor having a plurality of magnets, the rotor being connected to the blade portion such that rotation of the blade portion and rotor generates a current within the coils.
Claims15
A wind turbine apparatus, comprising:
- a blade portion;
- a generator including a stator having a plurality of coils and a rotor having a plurality of magnets, wherein the rotor is connected to the blade portion such that rotation of the blade portion and rotor generates a current within the coils;
- wherein the blade portion is connected to the rotor by a yoke which extends around the generator and is connected to a base of the rotor such that the magnets of the rotor and the coils of the stator are disposed between the blade portion and the connection between the yoke and the rotor,
- wherein the stator includes a shaft which is received by an elongate supporting rail,
- wherein the connection between the yoke and the rotor is disposed between the elongate supporting rail and the magnets and coils, and
- wherein the yoke is connected to the blade portion and/or the generator by way of a quick-release mechanism.
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A wind turbine apparatus, comprising:
- a blade portion;
- a generator including a stator having a plurality of coils and a rotor having a plurality of magnets, the rotor being connected to the blade portion such that rotation of the blade portion and the rotor generates a current within the coils;
- wherein the stator includes a shaft, the shaft having a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion separated from one another by an insulator, the first and second terminal portions being electrically connected to the coils;
- wherein the shaft is received by openings provided in first and second conductive rails so as to support the generator and blade portion and such that the first and second terminal portions are electrically coupled to the first and second conductive rails respectively to carry the current from the coils.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.