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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:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Paul Dunne, Dublin, IE;
James Ives, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Paul Dunne, Dublin, IE;
James Ives, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
OpenHydro IP Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 15/12 (2006.01); F01D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This present invention relates to a hydroelectric turbine having a stator and a rotor within the stator on at least one set of bearings, the turbine having a brake which becomes operational following a predetermined level of bearing wear in order to avoid damage to the turbine.