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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Merritt B Andrews, Westfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ; 4161 / ;
Abstract
A wind turbine rotor in which the hub supports several bases spaced from each other around the hub, with all said bases mounted for turning movement about axes radial to the axis of the rotor, and with each base supporting a plurality of thin elongated vanes, each being airfoil shape in section with the several vanes on each base having the chords of their airfoils substantially parallel to one another. The vanes are mounted on the base in spaced relation to one another and substantially radial to the axis of the rotor and are interconnected at or near their outer ends.