US 2010/0140949 A1 · Mobile wind turbine

Abstract

An articulated erection structure is disclosed for use in mobilizing a wind energy extraction device. The wind turbine has blades capable of being disposed in side-by-side, parallel alignment for transportation. The erection structure has a mast that can be configured in a horizontal orientation for transportation with the turbine generator lowered, and reconfigured for power-generating operations in a vertical orientation with the turbine raised. The turbine generator may be mounted with an erection structure to a variety of transportation platforms, such as on a self-propelled vehicle, towed trailer, or transportation pallet. A hybrid system may integrate photovoltaic cells in addition to a wind energy extraction device.

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Dependent claims

An articulated erection structure for use in mobilizing a wind energy extraction device, said wind energy extraction device having at least two rotating blades with each rotating blade being characterized by a long axis, said rotating blades having a configuration with their long axis in substantially side-by-side, parallel alignment along a common axis, said articulated erection structure comprising a mast having a first end and a second end remote from the first end along a long axis;

wherein:
(1) the first end of the mast is adapted to couple to the wind turbine, and the second end of the mast is adapted to couple to a transportation base having a long axis;
and
(2) the mast is reconfigurable from a first configuration in which the wind turbine is elevated relative to the transportation base, and a second configuration that positions the wind turbine proximate to the transportation base.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile wind turbine

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Mobile wind turbine

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Abstract

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