Patents by Inventor Charles V. Schacle

Charles V. Schacle 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).

  • Patent number: 4408958
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade of large size for a wind turbine (14) having three blades (16) and used to generate electrical power is contoured to minimize stalling and to provide unusually good efficiency. The cross section of the blade tapers from a configuration at the hub or inboard end with substantial leading and trailing edge deflection toward the wind providing high lift at low speed, to the outboard one-fourth to one-fifth which is configured as a conventional low lift airfoil since it moves through the air at comparatively high speed. The chord length of approximately the inboard one-third of the blade is chosen such that, in combination with the deflection, very little air is permitted to cross this inboard part of the blade but is forced to flow radially outwardly such that by reason of an increase in dynamic pressure it augments the flow across the faster moving part of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventor: Charles V. Schacle