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US5616963A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Wind power generator with automatic regulation of blade pitch in response to wind speed by means of spring mounted blades

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1997-04-01
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Expires: 2015-06-07
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Abstract

Abstract A wind power generator having a plurality of wind mill blades whose pitch angles stably vary depending upon the wind power. A plurality of spokes radially extend from a horizontal power shaft. A plurality of protrusions respectively projecting from the spokes and the wind mill blades are paired with opposite protrusions by connector shaft. Each blade is rockable within a range from an extremely inclined position to a plane perpendicular to the power shaft to neary 90 degrees to the plane. One side of the wind mill blade strikes on the spoke at the above extremely inclined position. A plurality of blade springs are sandwiched in a compressed state between the spokes and the wind mill blades, surrouding the connector shafts respectively. Thus, each blade is biased toward the closing direction relative to the plane. If the wind is not so strong, each blade faces it to rotate the power shaft. If the wind is too strong, the blade is aligned to the direction of the wind against the blade spring, thereby preventing damage to the blades.

Inventors

  • 👤 Naomi Kikuchi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 11:52
CPC Classifications
F; F03; F03D; F03D7/00; F03D7/02; F03D7/022; F03D7/0236; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/70; Y02E10/72

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
A wind power generator comprising: a main generator, a power shaft which is horizontally supported, having a horizontal axis of rotation, said rotation being transferred to the main generator; a plurality of spokes radially extending from said power shaft, each spoke comprising a shaft and a plate, having a protrusion mounted thereto; a plurality of wind mill blades, each blade mating with a corresponding one of said plurality of pokes, and having a marginal edge and another protrusion opposite to said protrusion of the spoke; a plurality of connector shafts, each connecting one of said plurality of blades and one of said plurality of spokes through said opposite protrusions so that each blade can be rotated around the corresponding spoke until the blade is disposed parallel to said axis of rotation of the power, shaft; a plurality of springs surrounding the connector shafts each spring being sandwiched in a compressed state between the spoke and the blade to bias the blade toward one limit of its rotation, wherein said blade can be rotated until said marginal edge of the blade abuts on said plate of the spoke along nearly an entire length in parallel to said rotational axis of the blade, thereby defining said one limit of the rotation with an angle of the blade to the power shaft being about 45 degrees.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 223 words
A wind power generator comprising: a main generator, a power shaft which is horizontally supported, having a horizontal axis of rotation, said rotation being transferred to the main generator; a plurality of spokes radially extending from said power shaft, each spoke comprising a shaft and a plate, having a protrusion mounted thereto; a plurality of wind mill blades, each blade mating with a corresponding one of said plurality of pokes, and having a marginal edge and another protrusion opposite to said protrusion of the spoke; a plurality of connector shafts, each connecting one of said plurality of blades and one of said plurality of spokes through said opposite protrusions so that each blade can be rotated around the corresponding spoke until the blade is disposed parallel to said axis of rotation of the power, shaft; a plurality of springs surrounding the connector shafts each spring being sandwiched in a compressed state between the spoke and the blade to bias the blade toward one limit of its rotation, wherein said blade can be rotated until said marginal edge of the blade abuts on said plate of the spoke along nearly an entire length in parallel to said rotational axis of the blade, thereby defining said one limit of the rotation with an angle of the blade to the power shaft being about 45 degrees.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 32 words
A wind power generator according to claim 1, wherein said springs are blade springs, each having one end fixed to the spoke and the other end fixed to the wind mill blade.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
A wind power generator according to claim 1, wherein said springs are coil springs, each being wound around the connector shaft, having one end fixed to the spoke and the other end fixed to the wind mill blade.

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