Wind powered generator for a vehicle
OwnerWilliam K. Schopfinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to wind powered apparatus for recharging batteries in an electric powered vehicle, the system includes at least one generator adapted to alternately recharge batteries that supply power to the vehicle, and at least one windmill with turbine blades that automatically adjust blade pitch and operate the generator. Each adjusting turbine blade includes at least one fluid handling system that contains a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid, the handling system including means to reposition the non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid between a first location and a second location within the fluid handling system in response to a fluid viscosity is changed by shear created from blade rotation, the blade pitch changed by a shift in blade center of gravity from the repositioned fluid.
Claims21
A wind powered generating system for recharging batteries in a moving electric powered vehicle, comprising;
- a) at least one generator that alternately recharges batteries that provide power to operate the vehicle;
- b) at least one windmill having adjustable pitch turbine blades that operate said at least one generator through linkage means when said adjustable pitch turbine blades are rotated by incoming air from the moving vehicle, each adjustable pitch turbine blade fixed to a bearing that rotates the blade within a blade pitch range, each adjustable pitch turbine blade including at least one fluid handling system comprising,
- i) a first reservoir,
- ii) a second reservoir,
- iii) a drain tube extending between and communicating with said first reservoir and said second reservoir,
- iv) a return tube extending between and communicating with said first reservoir and said second reservoir;
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- c) a fluid selected from the group consisting of thixotropic fluids and shear thinning fluids, said fluid contained within said at least one fluid handling system.
A wind powered apparatus for recharging batteries in an electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- a) at least one generator adapted to alternately recharge the batteries;
- b) at least one windmill with turbine blades that automatically adjust blade pitch and operate said at least one generator through a linkage mechanism;
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- c) at least one fluid handling system housed within each of the turbine blades, said at least one fluid handling system having a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid contained therein and including means to reposition said non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid between a first position and a second position within said at least one fluid handling system after its viscosity is reduced by shear created from turbine blade rotation so that center of gravity is shifted in each turbine blade, each turbine blade pitch automatically adjusted in response to said shifted center of gravity.
A wind powered electrical generator, comprising:
- a windmill with automatic pitch adjusted turbine blades, each said turbine blade including at least one fluid handling system that contains a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid, the fluid handling system including means to reposition or not reposition the fluid between a first position and a second position onboard said turbine blade in response to a viscosity change in the non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid, the viscosity change caused by either turbine blade rotation or absence of turbine blade rotation, the pitch of each turbine blade automatically adjusted in response to a shift in blade center of gravity caused by the repositioned non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid.
A method for recharging batteries in an electric powered vehicle, comprising:
- positioning a windmill with adjustable pitch turbine blades at a location on the vehicle that receives an incoming air flow when the vehicle is moving, each adjustable pitch turbine blade having an integral fluid handling system with means to reposition a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid between a first location and a second location onboard the turbine blade;
- rotating the adjustable pitch turbine blades in response to the incoming air flow, the rotating turbine blades operating a generator to provide an electrical current for recharging the batteries, each rotating adjustable pitch turbine blade creating shear that reduces viscosity of the non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid;
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- shifting center of gravity in each adjustable pitch turbine blade in response to said reduced viscosity fluid flowing from said first location to said second location onboard each turbine blade, said shifted center of gravity causing each turbine blade to adjust pitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.