Patents by Inventor Charles F. Wood

Charles F. Wood 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).

  • Gear box assembly
    Patent number: 4514145
    Abstract: An improved hydraulic suspension system for supporting a rotor shaft of a vertical axis wind turbine, the improvement comprising the rotor shaft having a bottom surface sitting on a bearing surface supported for angular rotation by the bearing surface and hydraulic fluid presented to a space below the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Inventor: Charles F. Wood
  • Wind turbine damper
    Patent number: 4261441
    Abstract: A wind turbine is provided, incorporating guy wires for support, the improvement comprising single or double acting dampers operating in single or multiple planes, applied to the guy wires for the absorption of energy from the guys that are caused to vibrate laterally in any plane under the influence of fluctuating loads imparted to them by the wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: DAF Indal Ltd.
    Inventor: Charles F. Wood