Patents by Inventor Karl Bahnmuller

Karl Bahnmuller 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: 10871143
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, wherein each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and wherein the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Agile Wind Power AG
    Inventors: Karl Bahnmüller, Hans Thomas Hug
  • Publication number: 20190186461
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, wherein each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and wherein the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Karl Bahnmüller, Hans Thomas Hug
  • Patent number: 10132293
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, in which each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and in which the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them. Assigned to each of the blades are means by which the blade is made to adopt, a rotational position, about its axis of rotation, which is predetermined and can be changed at any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Agile Wind Power AG
    Inventors: Karl Bahnmüller, Hans Thomas Hug
  • Publication number: 20170138345
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, in which each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and in which the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them. Assigned to each of the blades are means by which the blade is made to adopt, a rotational position, about its axis of rotation, which is predetermined and can be changed at any time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Karl BAHNMÜLLER, Hans Thomas HUG
  • Publication number: 20140178216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind power plant, comprising a rotor that can be rotated about a vertical axis, said rotor between two horizontal bearing planes disposed at a distance on top of each other comprising a plurality of rotor blades, which are disposed distributed on a circumferential circle, can each be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis, and the pivot range of which is delimited on both sides by a stop. In such a wind power plant, an improvement in the energy yield, while simultaneously ensuring another operation, is enabled in that the width of the rotor blades is smaller than approximately ? the radius of the circumferential circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Agile Wind Power AG
    Inventors: Patrick Richter, Karl Bahnmuller
  • Patent number: 8552579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind power plant, comprising a rotor that can be rotated about a vertical axis, said rotor between two horizontal bearing planes disposed at a distance on top of each other comprising a plurality of rotor blades, which are disposed distributed on a circumferential circle, can each be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis, and the pivot range of which is delimited on both sides by a stop. In such a wind power plant, an improvement in the energy yield, while simultaneously ensuring another operation, is enabled in that the width of the rotor blades is smaller than approximately ? the radius of the circumferential circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Richter, Karl Bahnmuller
  • Publication number: 20100283254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind power plant, comprising a rotor that can be rotated about a vertical axis, said rotor between two horizontal bearing planes disposed at a distance on top of each other comprising a plurality of rotor blades, which are disposed distributed on a circumferential circle, can each be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis, and the pivot range of which is delimited on both sides by a stop. In such a wind power plant, an improvement in the energy yield, while simultaneously ensuring another operation, is enabled in that the width of the rotor blades is smaller than approximately ? the radius of the circumferential circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Richter, Karl Bahnmuller