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US 2002/0153728 A1Published application
Wind turbine
OwnerWilhelm Groppelinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a wind turbine that extends about a mast on a bearing ring, and comprises two rotors furnished with rotor blades; wherein the rotors are rotatably disposed on the bearing ring and on either side of the mast and a wind deflector plate that extends partially around the mast and is rotatably disposed on the bearing ring, wherein the wind deflector plate is oriented so that the wind blowing towards the mast is diverted towards the rotor blades.
Claims13
A wind turbine, comprising:
- a rotor assembly having two rotors which are rotatably mounted on a bearing ring on opposite sides of a mast and provided with rotor blades;
- and an air deflector plate extending about predetermined areas of the mast and rotatably mounted on the bearing ring, said air deflector plate being configured and positioned to direct incoming air towards the rotor blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.