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US 11,009,006 B2Granted
Vertical-axis wind turbine
OwnerSergio Favela Campos, David Favelainventors
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Abstract
A wind turbine may include a discoidal chassis and at least one vane disposed on the discoidal chassis. The discoidal chassis can rotate about a central axis. The discoidal chassis has a first outermost surface with a pitch angle between the central axis and another axis orthogonal to the central axis. The vane is disposed on the first outermost surface. The vane has a concave surface to assist in rotation of the discoidal chassis about the central axis by harnessing wind energy.
Claims18
A wind turbine comprising:
- a discoidal chassis configured to rotate about a central axis, the discoidal chassis having a first outermost surface with a first pitch angle relative to a plane orthogonal to the central axis;
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- a vane disposed on the first outermost surface of the discoidal chassis and extending along the first outermost surface from a central portion of the discoidal chassis to a peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis, the vane including a concave surface configured to harness wind energy and rotate the wind turbine, and wherein a concavity of the concave surface of the vane decreases toward the peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis.
A vertical-axis wind turbine comprising:
- a discoidal chassis configured to rotate about a central axis, the discoidal chassis including:
- a first outermost surface with a pitch angle relative to a plane orthogonal to the central axis;
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- a second outermost surface disposed subjacent to the first outermost surface, wherein the first outermost surface and the second outermost surface form the discoidal chassis, and wherein rotation of the discoidal chassis is configured to obstruct at least a portion of a flow of a stream of wind at the second outermost surface to generate lift relative to the central axis;
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- a plurality of vanes disposed on the first outermost surface of the discoidal chassis, wherein each of the plurality of vanes extends along the first outermost surface from a central portion of the discoidal chassis to a peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis and includes a concave surface configured to assist in the rotation of the discoidal chassis by at least partially obstructing the flow of the stream of wind, and wherein a concavity of the concave surface of each of the plurality of vanes decreases toward the peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis.
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An apparatus to harness wind energy, the apparatus comprising:
- a discoidal chassis configured to rotate about a central axis, the discoidal chassis including a first outermost surface with a pitch angle relative to a plane orthogonal to the central axis;
- a vane disposed on the first outermost surface, the vane extending along the first outermost surface from a central portion of the discoidal chassis to a peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis and forming a concave surface configured to assist in rotation of the discoidal chassis by harnessing wind energy, and wherein a concavity of the concave surface of the vane decreases toward the peripheral surface of the discoidal chassis;
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- a pivoting member engaged to the discoidal chassis, the pivoting member configured to pivot the discoidal chassis relative to a horizontal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.