Patents by Inventor Ed Spooner

Ed Spooner 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).

  • Hydroelectric turbine
    Patent number: 8466595
    Abstract: A hydroelectric turbine having a stator and a rotor housed concentrically within the stator, the turbine having a circumferentially disposed array of magnets on a rim of the rotor, and wherein the stator is slotless in configuration and is formed from a wire winding as opposed to the conventional toothed laminations, the turbine further having an annular array of individual coils mounted on the stator concentrically inwardly of the wire winding, each coil being provided with a dedicated rectifier to convert AC current induced in the coil into DC, preferably for transmission to a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: OpenHydro Group Limited
    Inventor: Ed Spooner
  • HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE
    Publication number: 20100026002
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine comprising a stator and a rotor housed concentrically within the stator, the turbine comprising a circumferentially disposed array of magnets on a rim of the rotor, and wherein the stator is slotless in configuration and is formed from a wire winding as opposed to the conventional toothed laminations, the turbine further comprising an annular array of individual coils mounted on the stator concentrically inwardly of the wire winding, each coil being provided with a dedicated rectifier to convert AC current induced in the coil into DC, preferably for transmission to a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: OpenHydro Group Limited
    Inventor: Ed Spooner