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US 11,988,197 B1Granted
Wind turbine
OwnerClifford J. Mcilvaineinventor
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Abstract
A wind turbine assembly include a housing, a turbine disposed in the housing and configured to rotate about an axis, the turbine including a rotor and a plurality of blades which protrude from an outer surface of the rotor, and a funnel configured to collect fluid stream energy through a fluid inlet opening and to direct at least a portion of the collected fluid stream energy into the housing and in a first direction toward the turbine, and the funnel and the housing are configured to rotate together about an axis independently of the turbine blades.
Claims9
A fluid turbine assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a turbine located inside the housing and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the turbine including a rotor having an outer surface and a plurality of blades which protrude from the outer surface of the rotor;
- a funnel configured to collect and convey fluid stream energy into the housing through a fluid inlet opening and direct the collected fluid stream energy into the housing in a first direction toward the outer surface of the rotor, the first direction being perpendicular to the rotational axis, said funnel having a front entry,
- wherein the turbine is configured to rotate about the rotational axis independently of the funnel and the housing,
- wherein the funnel and the housing are configured to rotate together about the rotational axis independently of the turbine.
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A fluid turbine assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a turbine placed inside the housing and configured to rotate about a rotational axis, the turbine including a rotor and a plurality of blades which protrude from an outer surface of the rotor;
- a funnel assembly configured to collect a fluid stream energy through a fluid inlet opening;
- and an intake ducting part of the funnel assembly configured to direct the collected fluid stream energy into the housing and in a first direction toward the outer surface of the rotor, the first direction being perpendicular to the rotational axis, and to direct the collected fluid stream energy into the housing and toward the turbine blades in a second direction opposite the first direction at the same time;
- wherein the turbine is configured to rotate about the rotational axis independently of the funnel assembly;
- wherein the funnel assembly is configured to rotate about the rotational axis independently of the turbine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.