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Wind turbine

US4297076A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1979
Grant dateOct 27, 1981
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Expiry dateJun 8, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/72
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved wind turbine in which the tip portions of the blades are variable in pitch and are cyclically varied in pitch to control the yaw of the rotor and to relieve bending moments on the blades and are collectively varied in pitch to relieve bending moments on the blades and to maximize the power output of the turbine at a selected constant rotor speed.

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