Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine with improved safety features
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Application No.: US14974699Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US09989038B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Gerald L. Barber
- Applicant: Gerald L. Barber
- Agency: Douglas Kim Law Firm, LLC
- Agent Douglas W. Kim
- Main IPC: F03D13/25
- IPC: F03D13/25 ; F03D9/30 ; F03D1/06 ; H02K7/18 ; B63B22/00 ; B63B21/50 ; F03D9/00 ; B63B35/44 ; F03D9/25

Abstract:
The wind turbine includes a wind driven turbine wheel rotatable about a central axis that has sail wings that catch the wind and rotate the turbine wheel. An anchor has its anchor line attached to the turbine wheel at its axis of rotation to prevent tilting the wind turbine in response to high wind conditions. A set of streamers attached to the spokes at one end and including a free end wherein the free end is disposed in a space defined between two adjacent spokes when the turbine wheel is rotating. A trolley removably and slidably attached to a main anchor line, a secondary anchor line attached to the trolley and a secondary anchor; and, a drop line removably attached to the secondary anchor configured to lower the anchor to the main anchor so that the trolley, secondary anchor line and secondary anchor is configured to provide an anchor support structure for the main anchor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170175713A1 Wind Turbine With Improved Safety Features Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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