Patents by Inventor Alan John Rogan

Alan John Rogan 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).

  • Publication number: 20030049128
    Abstract: A wind-powered turbine has vanes (2-5;36-39) that are pivoted (13;44) to radial arms (6;41) of its rotor (1;30,31) and are turned by rods (14;45) linking the vanes (2-5;36-39) individually to a common pivot (16;47) which is offset from the rotor-axis (8;42) on a crank-arm (17;48). The rods (14;45) constrain their pivots (15;46) with the vanes (2-5;36-39), to follow a circular path (B) centred on their common pivot (16;47) on the crank-arm (17;48) so that vane-pitch varies cyclically with rotor-rotation. Angular adjustment of the crank-arm (17;48) about the rotor-axis (8;42) varies the angular phasing of the pitch cycle within each revolution such that for constant wind speed and direction (W), rotor-speed changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Alan John Rogan