Wind turbine particularly suited for high-wind conditions

A wind turbine comprising:

• a. an upper plate and a lower plate, wherein said plates lay within distinct horizontal planes, and wherein said planes are substantially parallel;
• b. a vertical shaft passing through said upper and lower plates in proximity to their respective centers;
• c. a plurality of curved vertical rotor blades, wherein said rotor blades are responsive to air currents;
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• d. a passive means for a directing air currents toward said rotor blades, wherein said passive means for directing is correspondingly and opposingly double curved and permanently fixed circumferentially about said rotor blades.

A wind turbine comprising:

• a. a central vertical shaft;
• b. means for imparting rotation upon said shaft, wherein said means for imparting is responsive to air currents;
• c. means for permitting passage of air currents into and out of said wind turbine;
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• d. a passive means for directing air currents to said means for imparting rotation, wherein said passive means for directing is correspondingly and opposingly double curved.

A wind turbine comprising:

• a. a central vertical shaft;
• b. means for operating said turbine in high wind conditions comprising:
• (1) a rotor assembly attached directly to said shaft, and wherein said assembly responds to wind currents by imparting rotation upon said shaft;
• (2) a plurality of fixed correspondingly and opposingly double curved stators;
• (3) top and bottom plates enclosing said rotor assembly;
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• c. passive means for permitting passage of high wind currents into and out of said turbine.

A wind turbine comprising:

• a. a central vertical shaft;
• b. a plurality of vertical rotor blades attached directly to said vertical shaft, wherein said rotor blades are curved, and wherein said blades are responsive to air currents and capable of imparting rotation upon said shaft during periods of sufficient air flow;
• c. a plurality of passive vertical stator blades circumferentially arranged about a circle inscribed by the outer edges of said rotor blades, wherein said stator blades are double curved, wherein said stator blades have curved inner and outer surfaces which correspond, and wherein said stator blades direct air currents toward said rotor blades and simultaneously away from said rotor blades;
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• d. an upper horizontal surface mounted above said rotor and stator blades;
• e. a lower horizontal surface mounted below said rotor and stator blades, wherein said upper and said lower surfaces are secured only to said vertical stator blades.