Patents by Inventor Charles Bouchard

Charles Bouchard 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).

  • Wind turbine generators having wind assisted cooling systems and cooling methods
    Publication number: 20070222223
    Abstract: A wind generator includes: a nacelle; a hub rotatably carried by the nacelle and including at least a pair of wind turbine blades; and an electricity producing generator including a stator and a rotor carried by the nacelle. The rotor is connected to the hub and rotatable in response to wind acting on the blades to rotate the rotor relative to the stator to generate electricity. A cooling system is carried by the nacelle and includes at least one ambient air inlet port opening through a surface of the nacelle downstream of the hub and blades, and a duct for flowing air from the inlet port in a generally upstream direction toward the hub and in cooling relation to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bharat Bagepalli, Gary Barnes, Aniruddha Gadre, Patrick Jansen, Charles Bouchard, Emil Jarczynski, Jivtesh Garg