Kinetic hydro power triangular blade hub
AssigneeVerdant Power
InventorsJohn Gray, Dean Corren
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Abstract
A rotor hub mounting arrangement for removably mounting a plurality of turbine rotor blades to the rotor hub in a compact and secure manner. The rotor hub includes an internal mounting assembly, preferably comprised of a series of interconnected mounting plates, positioned adjacent a series of foil shaped openings in the rotor hub into which the root end of turbine blades can be inserted and removably mounted to the internal mounting assembly.
Claims16
A mounting arrangement for holding a plurality of turbine rotor blades comprising a hub having a plurality of equally spaced openings extending thereabout for removably receiving a root end of a one of a plurality of rotor blades, the root end of each rotor blade including a root mount formed thereon, a mounting assembly secured internally within the hub and including a like plurality of interconnected mounting plates as there are rotor blades, the plurality of mounting plates being uniformly positioned about the hub to cooperate with the plurality of equally spaced openings, an exterior frame mounted to opposing sides of the plurality of mounting plates with each of the plurality of the mounting plates having an outer end that terminates at a cylindrical sidewall, and a fastening mechanism for removably connecting each root mount to one of the plurality of mounting plates within the mounting assembly.
A mounting arrangement for holding a plurality of turbine rotor blades comprising a hub having a plurality of equally spaced openings extending thereabout for removably receiving a root end of a rotor blade, a mounting assembly secured internally within the hub, the root end having a root mount formed thereon, and a fastening mechanism for removably connecting the root mount to the mounting assembly, wherein the mounting assembly includes three mounting plates that intersect and are fixed to one another within the hub.
A mounting arrangement for holding a plurality of turbine rotor blades comprising:
- a hub having a plurality of equally spaced openings extending thereabout for removably receiving a root end of a rotor blade that includes a root mount formed thereon,
- a mounting assembly secured internally within the hub, the mounting assembly including a plurality members each having an inner end and an outer end, and arranged so that the inner end of each member contacts another member at a point between the inner and outer ends and form a shaped interior recess therewithin;
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- a fastening mechanism for removably connecting the root mount to the mounting assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.