Patents by Inventor Bruce Eugene Swanson

Bruce Eugene Swanson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • FLUID TURBINE FOR POWER GENERATION
    Publication number: 20150125298
    Abstract: A fluid turbine comprising a rotor, having an axis of rotation, comprising at least two rotor blades disposed at a radius from the axis of rotation, each rotor blade having a pitch axis and a variable pitch angle. The fluid turbine comprises a mechanism operable to control the pitch angle of at least one rotor blade about its pitch axis and to vary the pitch angle of the rotor blade between various pitch angles as the blade moves radially about the axis of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Clifton Vance, Jason Daniel Cormey, Bruce Eugene Swanson, Brandon D Brantley, Francis Dudley, Peter Chris Skarzenski
  • Fluid Turbine Featuring Dynamically Phase-Adjustable Cam
    Publication number: 20120134829
    Abstract: A fluid turbine comprising a rotor, having an axis of rotation, comprising at least two rotor blades disposed at a radius from the axis of rotation, each rotor blade having a pitch axis and a variable pitch angle. The fluid turbine comprises a phase-adjustable mechanism operable to control the pitch angle of at least one rotor blade about its pitch axis and to vary the pitch angle of the rotor blade between various pitch angles as the blade moves radially about the axis of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Clifton Vance, Bruce Eugene Swanson, Peter Chris Skarzenski
  • Fluid Turbine Having Improved Cam and Follower Mechanism
    Publication number: 20120134821
    Abstract: A fluid turbine comprising a blade pitch control mechanism comprising a cam and at least one rocker assembly, each rocker assembly comprising a rocker arm operable to pivot about an axis of rotation, the blade pitch control mechanism being operable to control the pitch angle of at least one rotor blade about its pitch axis and to vary the pitch angle of the rotor blade from a first pitch angle at a first circumferential location about the axis of rotation to a second pitch angle at a second circumferential location about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce Eugene Swanson, Brandon D. Brantley, Francis Dudley
  • FLUID TURBINE FEATURING ARTICULATED BLADES AND PHASE-ADJUSTED CAM
    Publication number: 20110110779
    Abstract: A fluid turbine comprising a rotor, having an axis of rotation, comprising at least two rotor blades disposed at a radius from the axis of rotation, each rotor blade having a pitch axis and a variable pitch angle. The fluid turbine comprises a mechanism operable to control the pitch angle of at least one rotor blade about its pitch axis and to vary the pitch angle of the rotor blade between various pitch angles as the blade moves radially about the axis of rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Glenn Stephens, Peter Chris Skarzenski, Adam J. Tibbitts, Brandon D. Brantley, JR., Bruce Eugene Swanson