Offshore wind power system
AssigneeGrand Vent Power, LLC
InventorHerman J. SCHELLSTEDE
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Abstract
A wind power system comprising a vertical tower defining a vertical travel path; a carriage mounted to the tower and configured to move along the travel path; and wind turbine mounted to the carriage and having rotatable blades to convert wind energy into electrical energy. The system may include one or more gear racks secured to the outside diameter of the tower upon which the carriage moves. The system may include a locking mechanism configured to lock the carriage in a working position at a top of the travel path, a maintenance position at a bottom of the travel path, and/or a storm position at a midpoint of the travel path. The turbine may be configured to hold the blades in a vertical alignment parallel to the tower, when the carriage is in the storm position.
Claims20
A wind power system comprising:
- a vertical tower defining a vertical travel path, the tower having a constant outside diameter along the travel path;
- a carriage mounted to the tower and configured to move along the travel path;
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- wind turbine mounted to the carriage and having rotatable blades to convert wind energy into electrical energy.
A wind power system comprising:
- a vertical tower defining a vertical travel path, the tower having a constant outside diameter along the travel path and at least one gear rack secured to the outside diameter of the tower along the travel path;
- a carriage mounted about the tower and configured to selectively move along the travel path utilizing the gear rack and rotate about the tower;
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- wind turbine mounted to the carriage and having rotatable blades to convert wind energy into electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.