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US 12,326,136 B2Granted
Wind powered generator
OwnerChristopher Neill Martininventor
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Abstract
A wind powered generator comprising; a mast having a plurality of tower outlets positioned along on a low pressure portion of a length of the mast; one or more inlets positioned on a high pressure portion of the mast; an internal fluid flow path between the inlet and the tower outlets; a turbine in the fluid flow path; wherein the inlet and tower outlets are arranged such that wind creates air flow through the fluid flow path for motivating a turbine.
Claims26
A wind powered generator comprising:
- a mast having a plurality of tower outlets positioned along on a low pressure side portion of a length of the mast;
- one or more inlets positioned within a scoop on a high pressure windward portion of the mast;
- an internal fluid flow path between the one or more inlets and the tower outlets;
- a turbine in the fluid flow path;
- wherein the scoop concentrates air to be directed through the one or more inlets, and wherein the inlet and tower outlets are arranged such that wind creates air flow through the fluid flow path for motivating a turbine.
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A method of generating power comprising
- positioning a mast such that a windward portion faces into the wind according to the direction of the wind;
- providing one or more inlets on the mast;
- providing one or more tower outlets on the mast on a side portion of the mast such that when the wind flows across the one or more tower outlets a pressure differential is created between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets to create an air flow through an internal fluid flow path between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets;
- and;
- providing a turbine in the fluid flow path configured to operate when the air flow is created in the fluid flow path such that the turbine generates power.
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A wind powered generator comprising:
- a mast rotatably coupled to a base, the mast configured to rotate such that a windward portion is oriented to face into the wind according to the direction of the wind;
- one or more tower outlets positioned on a side portion of the mast and one or more inlets positioned on the windward portion of the mast;
- an internal fluid flow path between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets;
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- a turbine in the fluid flow path such that when the one or more inlets receives an air flow, the air flow is moved through the fluid flow path operating the turbine.
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A wind powered generator comprising:
- a mast rotatably coupled to a base, the mast configured to rotate such that a windward portion is oriented to face into the wind according to the direction of the wind;
- one or more tower outlets positioned on a low pressure portion of the mast and one or more inlets positioned on a high pressure portion of the mast;
- an internal fluid flow path between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets;
- a turbine in the fluid flow path such that a pressure differential between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets generates an air flow that operates the turbine.
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A wind powered generator comprising:
- a mast rotatably coupled to a base, the mast configured to rotate such that a windward portion is oriented to face into the wind according to the direction of the wind;
- one or more tower outlets positioned at a different height on the mast relative to one or more inlets position on the mast;
- a conduit defining an internal fluid flow path between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets;
- a turbine in the fluid flow path such that a pressure differential between the one or more tower outlets and the one or more inlets generates an air flow that operates the turbine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.