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Patent No.:

US 9151273 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2013
Applicants:

Frank L. Christy, Vero Beach, FL (US);

Stephen C. Keiser, Vienna, WV (US);

David M. Archer, Lowell, OH (US);

Rod Arter, Delaware, OH (US);

Inventors:

Frank L. Christy, Vero Beach, FL (US);

Stephen C. Keiser, Vienna, WV (US);

David M. Archer, Lowell, OH (US);

Rod Arter, Delaware, OH (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2006.01); F03D 11/04 (2006.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/0075 (2013.01); F03D 9/002 (2013.01); F03D 9/007 (2013.01); F03D 11/04 (2013.01); F05B 2240/40 (2013.01); H02S 10/10 (2014.12); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for generating electricity. The apparatus comprises a plurality of solar energy collectors for generating electricity from solar energy; a plurality of wind turbines for generating electricity from wind energy; a support structure having arms extending radially from a vertical shaft, the arms positioned at different vertical distances along the vertical shaft and the arms having decreasing lengths in a direction toward a top of the apparatus; solar energy collectors affixed to terminal ends of the arms and disposed at different vertical distances along the vertical shaft, the solar energy collectors shaped and oriented to direct wind streams striking the solar energy collectors toward the wind turbines; and each one of the plurality of wind turbines rotatably supported by the vertical shaft to rotate about the vertical shaft and disposed at different vertical distances along the vertical shaft.


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Christy, Frank. (2015). Solar tree with optional wind turbine generator (U.S. Patent No. 9151273). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9151273

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