Patents by Inventor Robert Lumley
Robert Lumley 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).
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Patent number: 11913430Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Airloom Energy Inc.Inventor: Robert Lumley
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Publication number: 20230287865Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Airloom Energy, Inc.Inventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Publication number: 20230086811Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes at least two towers arranged in each of a first direction and a second direction, each tower having a first end above a second end in a third direction. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a bridling system connecting each of the towers to other towers, the bridling system connected to eachtower above the second end of the respective tower and balancing forces on each tower in the first and second directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Airloom Energy, Inc.Inventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Publication number: 20200325873Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Patent number: 10465654Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert Lumley
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Publication number: 20190101099Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a traveler connected to an elongate track; a stator comprising an elongate conductor spaced from the elongate track, a first ferromagnetic unit, and a second ferromagnetic spaced from the first ferromagnetic unit, wherein each ferromagnetic unit comprises a first end proximal to the conductor and a second end distal to the conductor; and a translator coupled to the traveler comprising a base partially surrounding the conductor and extensions positioned on either side of a sequence of ferromagnetic units.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Publication number: 20170248120Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicant: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Patent number: 9651027Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert Lumley
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Publication number: 20160258419Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Patent number: 9341161Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventor: Robert Lumley
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Publication number: 20150369215Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: KITEFARMS LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Publication number: 20150267682Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a pressure surface lying between a suction surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: KITEFARMS LLCInventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Patent number: 9126683Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a pressure surface lying between a suction surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: KITEFARMS LLCInventor: Robert Lumley
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Patent number: 9121387Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: KITEFARMS LLCInventor: Robert Lumley
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Publication number: 20150219071Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a suction surface lying between a pressure surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventor: Robert LUMLEY
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Patent number: 8950710Abstract: An apparatus for extracting power includes a track and an airfoil coupled to the track. The track includes first and second elongate sections, where the first elongate section is positioned above the second elongate section. The airfoil includes a pressure surface lying between a suction surface and the track, and is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Kitefarms LLCInventor: Robert Lumley
