Patents by Inventor Derek Snyder

Derek Snyder 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: 8882465
    Abstract: A hybrid wind machine includes a fan shaft to drive a fan, and an electrical motor/generator combination, coupled to the first shaft, so as to allow the electrical motor/generator to drive the fan shaft when the wind machine is operating in a wind generating mode. Further, the coupling of the electrical motor/generator combination to the fan shaft allows the fan shaft to drive the electrical motor/generator combination as an electrical generator when the wind machine is operating in a power generating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Valley Christian Schools
    Inventors: Annette Lane, Steve Lane, Marcus Byrd, Aaron Roth, Derek Snyder
  • Publication number: 20100239411
    Abstract: A hybrid wind machine includes a fan shaft to drive a fan, and an electrical motor/generator combination, coupled to the first shaft, so as to allow the electrical motor/generator to drive the fan shaft when the wind machine is operating in a wind generating mode. Further, the coupling of the electrical motor/generator combination to the fan shaft allows the fan shaft to drive the electrical motor/generator combination as an electrical generator when the wind machine is operating in a power generating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Annette Lane, Steve Lane, Marcus Byrd, Aaron Roth, Derek Snyder