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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Mouton, Jr, New Orleans, LA (US);
David F Thompson, Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B / ; B64B / ; F03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 30 ; 244 33 ; 290 44 ; 290 55 ; 415-2 ;
Abstract
Power is mechanically transmitted from a tethered airship carrying wind turbines to electrical generators on the ground at the anchor point of the tether, by the use of endless power-transmission cables bridging between drive sheaves at the turbine wheels and driven sheaves at the generators. Tether adjustments, cable tensioning, and wind direction changes are provided for the ground apparatus. A tubular aircraft with recess in the tube wall, carrying bearings on which the rims of the turbine wheels ride, is also claimed.