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US 11,585,324 B2Granted
Plenum resident wind turbine sustainable energy generating system
OwnerKirk Mills, Kimberley Millsinventors
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Abstract
A plenum resident wind turbine sustainable energy generating system is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a wind turbine assembly installed in a plenum of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, the wind turbine assembly including a plurality of blades and a transverse shaft; and a generator coupled to the shaft of the wind turbine assembly.
Claims16
A plenum resident wind turbine sustainable energy generating system comprising:
- a wind turbine assembly installed within a plenum of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, the wind turbine assembly including a plurality of blades and a transverse shaft positioned lengthwise perpendicularly to a flow of air within the plenum, the transverse shaft including a stator mountable to an interior surface of the plenum thereby the wind turbine assembly being installed within the plenum transverse to the flow of air within the plenum;
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- a generator having a generator shaft separate from the transverse shaft of the wind turbine assembly, the transverse shaft of the wind turbine assembly being coupled to a first gear of a gearbox, the generator shaft being coupled to a second gear of the gearbox, the first gear being in mechanical engagement with the second gear, the generator further including electrical wires coupled to a battery or a power grid.
A method for generating plenum resident wind turbine sustainable energy, the method comprising:
- installing a wind turbine assembly within a plenum of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, the wind turbine assembly including a plurality of blades and a transverse shaft with a stator;
- positioning the transverse shaft of the wind turbine assembly lengthwise perpendicularly to a flow of air within the plenum;
- mounting the stator of the transverse shaft to an interior surface of the plenum thereby the wind turbine assembly being installed within the plenum transverse to the flow of air within the plenum;
- coupling the transverse shaft of the wind turbine assembly to a first gear of a gearbox;
- coupling a generator shaft of a generator to a second gear of the gearbox, the first gear being in mechanical engagement with the second gear, the generator shaft of the generator being separate from the transverse shaft of the wind turbine assembly;
- coupling electrical wires of the generator to a battery or a power grid;
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- causing the HVAC unit to generate an air flow to the wind turbine assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.