Patents by Inventor John Steven Seybold

John Steven Seybold 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 PROVIDING REDUCED RADIO FREQUENCY INTERACTION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120112464
    Abstract: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may further include a plurality of wind-driven blades carried by the horizontally extending drive shaft. The monopole tower may have an outer surface with a vertically extending outer corner therein defining a pair of adjacent vertical facets. The monopole tower may be positioned with the vertically extending outer corner aligned with the land-based radar site so that the pair of adjacent vertical facets reflects radar illumination away from the radar site to reduce an amount of the radar illumination reflected back to the land-based radar site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Eugene PARSCHE, John Steven SEYBOLD
  • Wind turbine providing reduced radio frequency interaction and related methods
    Patent number: 8174139
    Abstract: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may further include a plurality of wind-driven blades carried by the horizontally extending drive shaft. The monopole tower may have an outer surface with a vertically extending outer corner therein defining a pair of adjacent vertical facets. The monopole tower may be positioned with the vertically extending outer corner aligned with the land-based radar site so that the pair of adjacent vertical facets reflects radar illumination away from the radar site to reduce an amount of the radar illumination reflected back to the land-based radar site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Eugene Parsche, John Steven Seybold
  • Wind turbine providing reduced radio frequency interaction and related methods
    Patent number: 8115333
    Abstract: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may further include a plurality of wind-driven blades carried by the horizontally extending drive shaft. The monopole tower may have an outer surface with a vertically extending outer corner therein defining a pair of adjacent vertical facets. The monopole tower may be positioned with the vertically extending outer corner aligned with the land-based radar site so that the pair of adjacent vertical facets reflects radar illumination away from the radar site to reduce an amount of the radar illumination reflected back to the land-based radar site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Eugene Parsche, John Steven Seybold
  • WIND TURBINE PROVIDING REDUCED RADIO FREQUENCY INTERACTION AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20110316285
    Abstract: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may further include a plurality of wind-driven blades carried by the horizontally extending drive shaft. The monopole tower may have an outer surface with a vertically extending outer corner therein defining a pair of adjacent vertical facets. The monopole tower may be positioned with the vertically extending outer corner aligned with the land-based radar site so that the pair of adjacent vertical facets reflects radar illumination away from the radar site to reduce an amount of the radar illumination reflected back to the land-based radar site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Eugene Parsche, John Steven Seybold