Proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F03D-007/00
F03D-003/06
F03D-007/06
출원번호
US-0300199
(2014-06-09)
등록번호
US-9404477
(2016-08-02)
발명자
/ 주소
Carter, Jerry Austin
출원인 / 주소
Carter, Jerry Austin
대리인 / 주소
Chan, Raymond Y.
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1인용 특허 :
6
초록▼
A proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system includes a fixed vertical spindle, a vertical rotational hub and a plurality of wings being supported around the vertical hub in 360°. Each of the wings has a blunt leading end and a pointy trailing end and definin
A proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system includes a fixed vertical spindle, a vertical rotational hub and a plurality of wings being supported around the vertical hub in 360°. Each of the wings has a blunt leading end and a pointy trailing end and defining an outer surface and an inner surface. In a fully opened position, the trailing end of each wing is moved away from the vertical hub to a diameter of the wing assembly to drive the vertical hub to rotate. In a fully closed position, the wings are overlapped with each other end-to-end to form a hollow cylinder-like structure to furl, such that the diameter of the wing assembly is minimized for facing the wind at all direction.
대표청구항▼
1. A proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system, comprising: a tower having an upper tower section and a lower base section;a hub assembly which comprises a vertical spindle affixedly provided at said upper tower section of said tower, a vertical hub coaxiall
1. A proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system, comprising: a tower having an upper tower section and a lower base section;a hub assembly which comprises a vertical spindle affixedly provided at said upper tower section of said tower, a vertical hub coaxially supported to be rotated about said spindle, a pitch drive ring coaxially and rotatably coupled around said vertical hub, and a drive shaft coaxially provided in said spindle and attached to said vertical hub;a wing assembly, which is supported at said tower section of said tower, comprising a plurality of wings, each of said wings having a blunt leading end and a pointy trailing end and defining an outer surface and an inner surface;a plurality of wing connection units radially and outwardly extended from said vertical hub to couple with said wings respectively so as to support said wings around said hub assembly in 360°, wherein each of said wing connection units comprises a spoke and a link, wherein each of said spokes has an inner end affixed to said vertical hub in a radial direction thereof and an outer end pivotally coupled to said wing, wherein each of said links has an inner end pivotally coupled at said pitch drive ring and an outer end pivotally coupled to said wing, wherein said wing connection units are actuated to selectively adjust pitches of said wings and to move said wing assembly between a fully opened position and a fully closed position, wherein in said fully opened position, said pitch drive ring is rotated around said vertical hub at one direction to concurrently drive said links at a position that said trailing ends of said wings are concurrently moved away from said vertical hub to a diameter of said wing assembly, wherein in said fully closed position, said pitch drive ring is rotated around said vertical hub at an opposed direction to concurrently drive said links at a position that said trailing ends of said wings are concurrently moved toward said vertical hub, such that said wings are overlapped with each other end-to-end at a position that said trailing end of said wing is moved to overlap with said leading end of said adjacent wing to form a hollow cylinder-like structure to furl, such that the diameter of said wing assembly is minimized for facing the wind at all direction; andan energy collection unit located at said base section of said tower and operatively linked to said vertical hub for transforming said wind energy into a renewable energy. 2. The system, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said wings has a width between said inner surface and said outer surface that said width at said leading end is larger than said width at said trailing end. 3. The system, as recited in claim 2, wherein said inner surface of each of said wings has a concave portion extended from said trailing end and a convex portion extended from said leading end to said concave portion. 4. The system, as recited in claim 3, wherein said outer surface of each of said wings is a convex surface. 5. The system, as recited in claim 4, wherein said hub assembly further comprises a bearing unit coaxially coupled between said pitch drive ring and said vertical hub to selectively adjust said pitches of said wings. 6. The system, as recited in claim 5, wherein said outer end of said spoke is pivotally connected to said wing close to said leading end thereof while said outer end of said link is pivotally connected to said wing close to said trailing end thereof, so as to selectively adjust said pitch of said wing. 7. The system, as recited in claim 6, wherein said energy collection unit comprises an alternator operatively linked to said drive shaft for transforming mechanical energy produced by said vertical hub and said wing assembly into an AC electrical energy, and a control operatively linked to said alternator for converting said AC electrical energy into a DC electrical energy. 8. The system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inner surface of each of said wings has a concave portion extended from said trailing end and a convex portion extended from said leading end to said concave portion. 9. The system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said outer surface of each of said wings is a convex surface. 10. The system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said hub assembly further comprises a bearing unit coaxially coupled between said pitch drive ring and said vertical hub to selectively adjust said pitches of said wings. 11. The system, as recited in claim 10, wherein said outer end of said spoke is pivotally connected to said wing close to said leading end thereof while said outer end of said link is pivotally connected to said wing close to said trailing end thereof, so as to selectively adjust said pitch of said wing. 12. The system, as recited in claim 1, wherein said energy collection unit comprises an alternator operatively linked to said drive shaft for transforming mechanical energy produced by said vertical hub and said wing assembly into an AC electrical energy, and a control operatively linked to said alternator for converting said AC electrical energy into a DC electrical energy. 13. A method of transforming wind energy into renewable energy via a proportional moving air power transmission and energy collection and control system, comprising the steps of: (a) installing a tower, said tower having an upper tower section and a lower base section;(b) vertically extending a vertical hub of a hub assembly from a top of said tower section of said tower, and coaxially and rotatably coupling a pitch drive ring around said vertical hub;(c) supporting a plurality of wings of a wing assembly at said tower section of said tower, each of said wings having a blunt leading end and a pointy trailing end and defining an outer surface and an inner surface;(d) radially and outwardly extending a plurality of wing connection units from said vertical hub to couple with said wings respectively so as to support said wings around said vertical hub in 360°, wherein the step (d) further comprises the steps of:(d.1) radially extending a spoke of each of said wing connection units from said vertical hub to pivotally couple at said corresponding wing to support said wing around said vertical hub, wherein each of said spokes has an inner end affixed to said vertical hub in a radial direction thereof and an outer end pivotally coupled to said wing; and(d.2) pivotally extending a link of each of said wing connection units from said pitch drive ring to pivotally couple at said corresponding wing to selectively adjust said pitch of said wing when said pitch drive ring is rotated around said vertical hub, wherein each of said links has an inner end pivotally coupled at said pitch drive ring and an outer end pivotally coupled to said wing;(e) in a low-wind environment, moving said wing assembly in a fully opened position that said trailing end of each of said wings is moved away from said vertical hub via said wing connection unit to maximize a diameter of said wing assembly to drive said vertical hub to rotate;(f) in a high-wind environment, moving said wing assembly in a fully closed position that said wings are overlapped with each other end-to-end by overlapping said trailing end of said wing with said leading end of said adjacent wing to form a hollow cylinder-like structure to furl, such that the diameter of said wing assembly is minimized;(g) in a mid-wind environment, moving said wing assembly between said fully opened position and said fully closed position to selectively adjust pitches of said wings in response to a wind speed to drive said the diameter of said wing assembly is minimized to rotate; and(h) transforming mechanical energy produced by said vertical hub in response to said wind into said renewable energy via an energy collection unit located at said base section of said tower. 14. The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said step (c) further comprises the steps of: (c.1) configuring each of said wings to have a width between said inner surface and said outer surface that said width at said leading end is larger than said width at said trailing end;(c.2) configuring said inner surface of each of said wings to have a concave portion extended from said trailing end and a convex portion extended from said leading end to said concave portion; and(c.3) configuring said outer surface of each of said wings to have a convex surface. 15. The method, as recited in claim 14, wherein said step (b) further comprises a step of coaxially and rotatably coupling a bearing unit between said pitch drive ring and said vertical hub to enable said pitch drive ring to rotate around said vertical hub. 16. The method, as recited in claim 15, wherein said step (d) further comprises the steps of: (d.1) pivotally coupling said outer end of said spoke to said wing close to said leading end thereof; and(d.2) pivotally coupling said outer end of said link to said wing close to said trailing end thereof. 17. The method, as recited in claim 16, wherein said step (h) further comprises the steps of: (h.1) operatively linking an alternator to said drive shaft for transforming said mechanical energy produced by said vertical hub into an AC electrical energy; and(h.2) operatively linking a control to said alternator for converting said AC electrical energy into a DC electrical energy. 18. The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said step (b) further comprises a step of coaxially and rotatably coupling a bearing unit between said pitch drive ring and said vertical hub. 19. The method, as recited in claim 18, wherein said step (d) further comprises the steps of: (d.1) pivotally coupling said outer end of said spoke to said wing close to said leading end thereof; and(d.2) pivotally coupling said outer end of said link to said wing close to said trailing end thereof. 20. The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said step (h) further comprises the steps of: (h.1) operatively linking an alternator to said drive shaft for transforming said mechanical energy produced by said vertical hub into an AC electrical energy; and(h.2) operatively linking a control to said alternator for converting said AC electrical energy into a DC electrical energy.
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