Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine having releasable vanes
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Application No.: US17017131Application Date: 2020-09-10
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Publication No.: US11218055B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Justin R. Chambers , James E. Smith
- Applicant: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: US WV Morgantown
- Assignee: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US WV Morgantown
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H02K7/18
- IPC: H02K7/18 ; F03D9/25 ; F03D3/06

Abstract:
A wind turbine is disclosed. The wind turbine includes a shaft rotatable about an axis, a plurality of hubs fixedly attached to the shaft, and a plurality of vanes. The vanes are releasably engaged with each of the plurality of hubs. The vanes disengage from the hubs once the shaft rotates about the axis at a cut-out speed of the wind turbine. In another embodiment, the vanes are releasably engaged with the shaft.
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