Modular multi-axial rotor
OwnerCharles Martin Siegerinventor
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Abstract
A modular, electricity generating apparatus comprises an elongate, central member comprising a first end and a second end; at least one solar foil disposed about the central member in fluid interacting relation thereto; the solar foil comprising an outer surface having photovoltaic properties; the first end and the second end dimensioned and configured to be connected to a connecting node; and, the elongate central member at least partially comprised of an electrically conductive material and configured to conduct electricity from at least one of the connecting nodes to the other of the connecting nodes.
Claims19
A modular electricity generating apparatus comprising:
- an elongate, central member;
- at least one solar foil disposed about said central member in rotational relation thereto;
- said at least one solar foil at least partially comprising a photovoltaic outer surface;
- said central member further including at least a first end and a second end;
- each of said first end and said second end dimensioned and configured to be connected to a connecting node, respectively;
- said elongate central member further including an electrically conductive material;
- said elongate central member further configured to dispose one of the connecting nodes into electrical communication with the other of the connecting nodes.
An electricity generating assembly comprising:
- a plurality of electricity generating apparatuses, each including at least an elongate central member, a first end, a second end, and at least one solar foil disposed about said central member, said at least one solar foil including a photovoltaic outer surface;
- a plurality of connecting nodes;
- each connecting node of said plurality of connecting nodes including at least one connecting node collar projecting therefrom;
- each of said first ends and second ends rotationally disposed within a corresponding one of said connecting node collars of said plurality of connecting nodes, thereby interconnecting said plurality of apparatuses;
- each apparatus of said plurality of apparatuses and each connecting node of said plurality of connecting nodes correspondingly configured and disposed to conduct electricity from at least one of said plurality of connecting nodes to any other of said plurality of connecting nodes.
A rotatable solar foil apparatus comprising:
- an elongate, central member;
- at least one solar foil disposed about said central member in fluid interacting relation thereto;
- said at least one solar foil at least partially comprising a thin-film photovoltaic cell configured in a helical plane thereof;
- said central member further including at least a first end and a second end;
- each of said first end and said second end dimensioned and configured to be connected to a connecting node, respectively;
- said elongate central member further including an electrically conductive material;
- said elongate central member further configured to conduct electricity from at least said at least one solar foil to at least one of said connecting nodes;
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- both of said connecting nodes disposed in electrical communication with said at least one solar foil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.