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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bryan William Roberts, Epping, NSW 2121, AU;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 ;
Abstract
A kite having a flying platform including a plurality of mill rotors, at least one tethering line maintaining the platform at a substantially fixed geographical location, at least one dynamo on the platform drive connected to the mill rotors, and a conductor connecting the dynamo to an electrical transmission and supply system at ground level. The windmill kite has at least three substantially axially co-directed, spaced apart mill rotors disposed in an array which is symmetrical in terms of thrust capacity about each of two orthogonal axes extending from the platform and being neutral in terms of torque capacity about a third orthogonal axes extending from the platform.