Patents by Inventor Nicholas Tutt

Nicholas Tutt 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).

  • Vertical axis windmill
    Patent number: 8118537
    Abstract: An upstanding bladed rotor is journalled from support structure and a windshield assembly is also journalled from the support structure for angular displacement about an upstanding axis about the rotor. The windshield assembly includes a wind-shielding portion which extends generally about one half the periphery of the rotor and further includes a wind vane operative to maintain the assembly in predetermined position relative to wind incident upon the rotor with the wind-shielding portion in position to shield generally one lateral half of the rotor from the incident wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Nicholas Tutt
  • Vertical axis windmill
    Publication number: 20100254798
    Abstract: An upstanding bladed rotor is journalled from support structure and a windshield assembly is also journalled from the support structure for angular displacement about an upstanding axis about the rotor. The windshield assembly includes a wind-shielding portion which extends generally about one half the periphery of the rotor and further includes a wind vane operative to maintain the assembly in predetermined position relative to wind incident upon the rotor with the wind-shielding portion in position to shield generally one lateral half of the rotor from the incident wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Nicholas Tutt