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US 12,385,471 B2Granted
Portable and retractable off-grid turbine system
AssigneeBde Inventions, LLC
InventorsIan Lehn, Wesley Conway Poole, Devon Clark Register
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Abstract
An apparatus for deployment of a wind turbine includes a wind turbine coupled to a first end of an extendable arm, one or more turbine blades coupled to the wind turbine, wherein the one or more turbine blades are collapsible about the turbine wind turbine, and a housing coupled to a second end of the extendable arm, wherein the wind turbine is extendable from and retractable to the housing via the extendable arm.
Claims16
An apparatus for deployment of a wind turbine, comprising:
- a wind turbine coupled to a first end of an extendable arm;
- one or more turbine blades coupled to the wind turbine, wherein the one or more turbine blades are collapsible about the wind turbine;
- and
- a housing coupled to a second end of the extendable arm, wherein the wind turbine is linearly extendable from and retractable to the housing via the extendable arm, the extendable arm being fully retractable into the housing, and wherein the wind turbine is configured to articulate to a position that is substantially parallel to the extendable arm and external to the housing.
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A system comprising:
- a turbine apparatus comprising:
- a wind turbine coupled to a first end of an extendable arm;
- one or more turbine blades coupled to the wind turbine, wherein the one or more turbine blades are collapsible about the wind turbine;
- and
- a housing coupled to a second end of the extendable arm, wherein the wind turbine is extendable from and retractable to the housing via the extendable arm, the extendable arm being fully retractable into the housing, and wherein the wind turbine is configured to articulate to a position that is substantially parallel to the extendable arm and external to the housing;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive an input;
- and
- transition the turbine apparatus from a retracted state to a deployed state or from the deployed state to the retracted state based on the input.
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A method of deploying a turbine, comprising:
- providing a turbine apparatus in a retracted state, wherein the turbine apparatus comprises:
- a wind turbine coupled to a first end of an extendable arm,
- one or more turbine blades coupled to the wind turbine, wherein the one or more turbine blades are collapsible about the wind turbine, and
- a housing coupled to a second end of the extendable arm, wherein the wind turbine is extendable from and retractable to the housing via the extendable arm, the extendable arm being fully retractable into the housing, and wherein the wind turbine is configured to articulate to a position that is substantially parallel to the extendable arm and external to the housing;
- converting the turbine apparatus from the retracted state to a deployed state, wherein converting the turbine apparatus comprises:
- extending the extendable arm;
- articulating the wind turbine from a retracted position to an operating position;
- and
- expanding the one or more turbine blades from a collapsed state to an expanded state;
- and
- operating the wind turbine in the deployed state to generate an electric current.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.