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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
David Brian Schaefer, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Inventor:
David Brian Schaefer, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 31/06 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); F03D 5/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2016.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/022 (2013.01); B64C 31/06 (2013.01); F03D 5/00 (2013.01); F03D 9/002 (2013.01); H02K 7/1853 (2013.01); F05B 2240/917 (2013.01); F05B 2240/92 (2013.01); Y02E 10/70 (2013.01); Y02E 10/725 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01);
Abstract
Airborne devices for generating power in a crosswind power generating phase, including a body and at least one non-planar wing. A control system directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path of increasing altitude during the crosswind power generating phase. Wind energy conversion systems and methods including an airborne device, a tether, a generator, and a control system that directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path including a crosswind power generating phase.