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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicants:
Justin R. Chambers, Glen Dale, WV (US);
James E. Smith, Bruceton Mills, WV (US);
Inventors:
Justin R. Chambers, Glen Dale, WV (US);
James E. Smith, Bruceton Mills, WV (US);
Assignee:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 3/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 7/183 (2013.01); F03D 3/064 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F05B 2240/213 (2013.01); F05B 2270/1011 (2013.01); Y02E 10/74 (2013.01);
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.