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US 11,530,687 B2Granted
Belt driven system for a wind turbine generator
OwnerGerald L. Barberinventor
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Abstract
This system includes a belt drive system for a wind turbine generator comprising: a tower having a wind turbine wheel rotatably attached to the tower; a generator platform attached to the tower; a generator supported by the generator platform; and, a turbine drive belt adapted to engaged with the wind turbine wheel and the generator to transfer rotational energy from the wind turbine wheel to the generator to generate electricity.
Claims19
A belt drive system for a wind turbine generator comprising:
- a wind turbine wheel rotatably carried by a tower;
- a generator carried by said tower;
- a drive sprocket operatively associated with said generator to cause said generator to produce power when said drive sprocket rotates, wherein said drive sprocket is disposed adjacent said wind turbine wheel;
- and,
- a turbine drive belt passing between said wind turbine wheel and said drive sprocket so that an exterior side of said turbine drive belt engages said wind turbine wheel and an interior side of said turbine drive belt engages said drive sprocket, wherein a portion of said drive belt engaging said drive sprocket is simultaneously engaging said wind turbine wheel on the opposite said exterior side of said drive belt to transfer rotational energy from said wind turbine wheel to said drive sprocket to cause said generator to generate electricity.
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A belt drive system for a wind turbine generator comprising:
- a wind turbine wheel rotatably attached to a support structure, wherein said wind turbine wheel has a continuous circular perimeter surface;
- a first generator and a second generator carried on said support structure, wherein said first and second generators each include a drive sprocket;
- and,
- a turbine drive belt engaging with said perimeter surface of said wind turbine wheel along an exterior side of said turbine drive belt and an interior side of said turbine drive belt engaging said drive sprocket for each of said first and second generators, wherein each of said drive sprockets is operatively associated with one of said first and second said generators to transfer rotational energy from said wind turbine wheel to said said first and second generators to generate electricity.
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A belt drive system for a wind turbine generator comprising:
- a tower;
- a wind turbine wheel rotatably carried by the tower;
- a generator platform slidably carried on said tower to allow said generator platform to adjust a position of said generator platform relative to movement of said wind turbine wheel;
- a generator carried by the generator platform;
- and,
- a turbine drive belt engaging said wind turbine wheel along an exterior side of said turbine drive belt and engaging with a drive sprocket operatively associated with said generator along an interior side of said turbine drive belt, wherein a portion of said drive belt engaging said drive sprocket is simultaneously engaging said wind turbine wheel on the opposite said exterior side of said drive belt to transfer rotational energy from said wind turbine wheel to said drive sprocket to cause said generator to generate electricity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.