Patents by Inventor Coenraad Hendrik VAN WYK

Coenraad Hendrik VAN WYK 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: 20110058936
    Abstract: A wind turbine duct arrangement having a plurality of frusto-conical ducts each having an open apex and an open base defining an air intake, the ducts radially joined at their apexes to define a convergence zone wherein operatively rotating blades of a turbine may be installed transverse to the plurality of ducts. In use, the turbine duct arrangement provides a combination catchment and channelling area through the open bases of the plurality of ducts for channelling wind intake through the arrangement onto blades of a wind turbine transversely installed in the convergence zone defined by the radially joined apexes of the plurality of ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Coenraad Hendrik VAN WYK