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8133023 Wind turbine with variable area propeller blades  
An apparatus and method for reducing wind turbine damage includes a propeller having a plurality of blades projecting radially from a hub. The blades may be adjustably combined to form variable...
8122586 Method for connecting a tension-torsion strap  
A method for connecting a tension-torsion strap. The method includes sliding a sleeve into an arm of a hub; aligning holes in the sleeve with holes in the hub; installing a bushing in each aligned...
8055390 Controller for a blade adjustment angle of at least one rotor blade of a wind power plant  
Controller for a blade adjustment angle for at least one rotor blade of a wind power plant, in which a first controller branch is switched for the determination of the blade adjustment angle...
7997864 Blade arm  
A user adjustable variable axial length and variable pitch ceiling fan blade arm. The blade arm includes a pair of extension elements. Each element is threadably engaged with each other. At the...
7956482 Speed controlled pitch system  
The present patent application concerns wind turbine having a rotor with a first rotor blade and a pitch control system with a controller and a first drive system for adjusting a pitch angle of the...
7914258 Fluid mechanical converter  
The present teachings relate to a fluid mechanical converter having at least one energy-accumulator mass system that can be powered by a power drive. To provide a fluid mechanical converter, which...
7632070 Telescoping wind turbine blade  
A wind turbine blade made of a fixed blade section with an integral mounting flange for attachment to a wind turbine hub. A moveable blade section is attached to the fixed blade section and is free...
7186083 Wind energy conversion device  
A wind energy conversion device includes a propeller in which each of the propeller blades includes a proximal (radially inward) non-airfoil mounting section, a medial section and a distal tip...
7131812 Sky turbine that is mounted on a city  
A sky turbine, having impeller blades with a plurality of panels that can telescope inward and outward. The pitch of the panels can be adjusted, and the pitch of each panel on a blade, passing from...
6972498 Variable diameter wind turbine rotor blades  
A system and method for changing wind turbine rotor diameters to meet changing wind speeds and control system loads is disclosed. The rotor blades on the wind turbine are able to adjust length by...
6923622 Mechanism for extendable rotor blades for power generating wind and ocean current turbines and means for counter-balancing the extendable rotor blade  
A power generating system wherein a turbine is mounted on top of a tower or tethered underwater. The turbine includes a rotor having a main blade section connected to a rotor hub and an extender...
6910873 Self regulating rotor  
A machine that is a self regulating rotor with a set of cups or vanes that are pivotally attached about a central axis such that they form a closed three dimensional shape when closed, and when...
6752595 Propeller type windmill for power generation  
A plurality of wind turbine blades (3) are distributed equiangularly within a plane perpendicular to a horizontal rotating shaft (2) and around a hub (1) provided on the horizontal rotating shaft...
6726439 Retractable rotor blades for power generating wind and ocean current turbines and means for operating below set rotor torque limits  
A wind or water flow energy converter comprising a wind or water flow actuated rotor assembly. The rotor comprises a plurality of blades, wherein the blades of are variable in length to provide a...
6655915 Drive system for the retraction/extension of variable diameter rotor systems  
A drive system for a variable diameter rotor (VDR) system includes a plurality of rotor blade assemblies with inner and outer rotor blade segments. The outer blade segment being telescopically...
6113350 Vertical-axle power machine  
A vertical-axle wind power machine comprises a vertical axle, a plurality of jointed radial arms, a plurality of counterbalanced oblique blades at the support points thereof, a friction-rewarding...
6030177 Drive system for a variable diameter tilt rotor  
A drive system for a variable diameter rotor system that includes a plurality of rotor blade assemblies with inner and outer blade segments. The outer blade segment being telescopically mounted to...
6019578 Variable diameter rotor blade actuation system  
A rotor blade actuation system is disclosed for controlling extension and retraction of an outboard blade section of a rotor blade by varying the speed and direction of rotation between a main...
5810561 Variable pitch propeller apparatus  
A variable pitch propeller apparatus for use with a motor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of blades mounted therein for rotation. Adjustable high pitch and low...
5735670 Rotor system having alternating length rotor blades and positioning means therefor for reducing blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise  
A Variable Diameter Rotor (VDR) system (4) having telescoping odd and even blade assemblies (Ob, Eb) wherein the odd blade assemblies define a radial length RO and the even blade assemblies define...
5655879 Mounting arrangement for variable diameter rotor blade assemblies  
A mounting arrangement (100) for a Variable Diameter Rotor blade assembly (16) having an outer blade segment telescopically mounting to a torque tube member (24), and connecting means (70) for...
5636969 Torque tube/spar assembly for variable diameter helicopter rotors  
A torque tube/spar assembly (100) for transferring operational loads of a Variable Diameter Rotor blade assembly (16) to a rotor hub assembly (18) and includes a torque tube member (24), a spar...
5630705 Rotor construction for windmill  
A device for converting wind flow energy into mechanical energy has a base construction and a rotor with an essentially horizontal axis mounted on the base construction. The rotor has a number of...
5620304 Rotor system having alternating length rotor blades and positioning means therefor for reducing blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise  
A Variable Diameter Rotor (VDR) system (4) having telescoping odd and even blade assemblies (Ob, Eb) wherein the odd blade assemblies define a radial length RO and the even blade assemblies define...
5527153 Variable pitch propeller  
A variable pitch propeller assembly is disclosed for a power boat. Three blades are mounted on a housing carried by the propeller shaft. Each blade has an axle received in the housing. Each axle...
5326223 Automatic variable pitch marine propeller with mechanical holding means  
There is provided a self-actuating variable pitch marine propeller which incorporates two or more blades, each independently rotatable, relative to the propeller hub, between a first lower and a...
5299912 Drive system for changing the diameter of a variable diameter rotor  
A drive system for varying the diameter of a variable diameter rotor has a gear drive system associated with a single coaxial shaft lower end which includes a gear set for increasing or decreasing...
5286166 Automatic centrifugal force variable pitch propeller  
An automatic centrifugal force variable pitch propeller assembly includes a plurality of propeller blades mounted within a housing, each of the propeller blades being mounted to permit limited...
5253979 Variable diameter rotor having an offset twist  
A variable diameter rotor for a tilt rotor aircraft has an inboard section having a linear twist from a root end to an outboard end thereof, and an outboard section telescoped over the inboard...
5240374 Damped automatic variable pitch marine propeller  
There is provided a self-actuating variable pitch marine propeller which incorporates two or more blades, each independently rotatable, relative to the propeller hub, between a first lower and a...
5022820 Variable pitch propeller  
An automatic variable pitch propeller including a central hub defining an axis of propeller rotation and a plurality of blades connected to and extending from the central hub substantially normal...
4978286 Variable cycle engine passive mechanism  
A mechanism for varying the cycle of a power plant comprising a turbine ene having a housing connected to the rotating spool of the turbine engine with a plurality of propeller blades slideably...
4948337 Aircraft engine propulsor blade pitch sensing  
Pitch of a blade (12) on an aircraft engine propulsor (14) is determined by employing a shaft (22) and a bevel gear (23) to alter relative circumferential distance between a first set of teeth (25)...
4948339 Propeller blade counterweight  
The invention concerns a system for reducing the resisting torque which must be overcome in changing pitch of aircraft propeller blades. The resisting torque includes gas twisting moment and...
4915586 Propfan blade attachment  
A blade attachment between a propfan blade and a propfan hub in a propfan propulsion system for a tube-launched expendable aircraft, the attachment including a hinger on a rotatable propfan hub on...
4909703 Motion damping apparatus for wind driven propellers  
A multi-blade, variable pitch wind driven propeller in which a shock absorber is connected with each blade to dampen movement in both the radially inward and radially outward movements of the...
4867642 Wind mill wing with air brake  
By mounting an axle (18,19) in a wind mill wing (1) having a wing tip (22) capable of swinging out by means of a mounting (2,7,8) which may be bolted to the wing and which can furthermore squeeze...
4801243 Adjustable diameter screw propeller  
An adjustable diameter screw propeller includes a hub having a plurality of spindles, each mounted in the hub for rotation about an axis disposed radially of the hub axis and a mechanism for...
4776761 Articulated blades ceiling fan-lamps combination  
A ceiling fan is provided and includes articulated fan blades such that when the fan is off the blades will hang vertically downwardly by force of gravity and when the fan is turned on the blades...
4717312 Variable-pitch bladed rotors  
A variable-pitch bladed rotor including a plurality of blades extending outwardly from a hub in which they are each mounted by a respective ball-screw device. Each device comprises inner and outer...
4634341 Axial flow fans  
There is disclosed an axial flow fan having blades which may be rotated about their axes to permit their pitches to be adjusted and which may be moved in a radial direction to adjust the clearance...
4575309 Wind turbines  
A wind turbine having the tips of the blades pivotable to a position in which they act as brakes to slow the turbine down. The pivoting is caused by relative axial movement of the tip and main...
4495423 Wind energy conversion system  
A wind powered device on a support structure is provided with a drive shaft mounted for rotation about its axis on the support structure and is coupled to an electric generator connected to a...
4385871 Wind driven air pump  
An improved pump for lifting water from an underground source utilizes a wind motor for driving an oil-less air compressor eliminating oil contamination of ground water which is forced to the...
4374631 Windmill speed limiting system utilizing hysteresis  
A windmill speed limiting device is provided to prevent the windmill blades from going too fast during conditions of heavy winds. In order to slow down the windmill blades, the tips of the blades...
4285637 Propeller assembly  
A propeller assembly is provided in which the propeller blades are adjustable both rotatably and longitudinally. Pitch angle of the propeller blades may be adjusted by rotating the blades in the...
4257736 Governed propeller type wind motor arrangement  
A propeller type wind motor arrangement having a blade mounting hub, a plurality of air foil blades, and blade receiving means for mounting the blades to the hub for pivotal movement about a...
4137010 Constant lift rotor for a heavier than air craft  
A rotor blade extended radially from a hub, characterized by an elongated spar and a plurality of axially aligned shells pivotally mounted on the spar, each having an aerodynamic center located in...
4080097 Locking control and overtravel safety stop system for variable length rotor blades  
A locking control system and an overtravel safety top system are presented for a variable length rotor blade system. The lock system has linkage and pawl apparatus operated by a pilot actuated lock...
4074952 Locking control and overtravel safety stop system for variable length rotor blades  
A locking control system and an overtravel safety stop system are presented for a variable length rotor blade system. The lock system has a lock mechanism operated by a pilot actuated lock shaft to...
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