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US 2010/0148516 A1Published application
Wind powered generator
OwnerBarton A. Buhtzinventor
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Abstract
A wind powered generator comprises a stationary tower to capture wind from any compass direction, an impeller inside the tower that is spun by wind entering through airfoil baffles on the outer walls of the tower, and a three-phase alternator that sandwiches and spins flywheels bejeweled with ceramic magnets in a stack between stator disks of pancaked windings.
Claims17
A wind powered generator, comprising:
- a vertical, cylindrical stationary tower for capturing wind energy from any compass direction, and including an encircling grill wall of airfoil baffles;
- an impeller mounted inside the tower that can be spun by wind energy pushing through said airfoil baffles like a vertical paddlewheel;
- and
- a three-phase alternator that sandwiches and spins flywheels bejeweled with ceramic magnets in a stack between stator disks of pancaked windings.
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A wind turbine, comprising:
- an outer stationary shroud of parallel vertical slats creased lengthwise into airfoil baffles and providing for a throttling and turning of wind entering from any compass direction;
- an inner rotating paddlewheel impeller on a vertical axis and configured to receive an airflow from said airfoil baffles;
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- a central exhaust disposed along said central axis and for directing a spent vortex airflow out through the top;
- wherein a wind coming from any compass direction is converted to a mechanical power output torque taken from the inner rotating paddlewheel impeller.
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An electrical alternator, comprising:
- a three-phase alternator that sandwiches and spins flywheels with ceramic magnets embedded near their outer perimeters in a stack between stator disks of windings;
- wherein a mechanical power input torque is converted to an electrical output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.