Patents by Inventor Robert Duhamel

Robert Duhamel 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).

  • Publication number: 20060125241
    Abstract: This invention teaches an apparatus, method, means, and computer readable media to address the problem of the inconsistent, unreliable nature of wind, and in particular low-wind speeds, through utilizing a blower and/or startup assist to aid in turning an electricity generating electrical generator during periods of low-wind speed. This generator provides electrical power for an electrolyzer used to generate hydrogen gas from water. Some embodiments include wind speed and direction sensors and control programming and/or circuitry that tracks trends in direction and speed, and anticipate the need to move the direction of the wind-collecting funnel to best take wind into the funnel, and to provide a start-up assist to the wind-powered turbine at a wind speed that is lower than could start rotation of the turbine without assist, or to maintain rotation when the wind temporarily slows below the speed needed to maintain rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Robert DuHamel
  • Patent number: 6519884
    Abstract: A road sign having a plate mounted on a post. The plate has a primary traffic symbol on one side providing first traffic information. There is at least one secondary traffic symbol on the one side of the plate providing secondary traffic information unrelated to the first traffic information. The secondary traffic symbol is in a position on the plate to indicate the general location of the secondary information relative to the sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Duhamel