Patents by Inventor Mark Johnson West

Mark Johnson West 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 rotor and wind turbine
    Patent number: 8729721
    Abstract: A wind turbine comprises a tower provided at the top with a horizontal shaft having an axis. A turbine rotor comprises turbine blades connected by a mounting arrangement to bearing members and to a rotor or a generator. Components of forces acting on the blades parallel to the axis are substantially exclusively communicated to the bearing members, for example by rigid straight members. Torque about the axis produced by the blades is communicated substantially exclusively to the rotor through a member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sway Turbine AS
    Inventors: Eystein Borgen, William Scott Carron, Mark Johnson West
  • WIND TURBINE ROTOR AND WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20110193349
    Abstract: A wind turbine comprises a tower provided at the top with a horizontal shaft having an axis. A turbine rotor comprises turbine blades connected by a mounting arrangement to bearing members and to a rotor or a generator. Components of forces acting on the blades parallel to the axis are substantially exclusively communicated to the bearing members, for example by rigid straight members. Torque about the axis produced by the blades is communicated substantially exclusively to the rotor through a member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: Eystein Borgen, William Scott Carron, Mark Johnson West