Patents by Inventor Ronald W. Pickett

Ronald W. Pickett 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: 10989171
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and releasing compressed air energy includes at least one hydraulic-to-compressed air converter and at least one hydraulic-to-electric converter, both connected with an accumulator, which has at least one compressed-air storage tank. When hydraulic pressure is passed to the hydraulic-to-compressed air converter, it is converted to high-pressure compressed air, stored in the accumulator and released to generate a hydraulic force to the hydraulic-to-electric converter or the hydraulic-to-compressed air converter to convert hydraulic energy to electric or compressed air energy, respectively. A method for storing and releasing compressed air energy includes receiving hydraulic energy from a wind turbine and converting it to compressed air energy, storing the compressed air energy within an accumulator that has at least one storage tank, and then releasing the compressed air energy to generate a hydraulic force and convert hydraulic energy to electric or compressed air energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KiNRG, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald W Pickett
  • Publication number: 20190376490
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and releasing compressed air energy includes at least one hydraulic-to-compressed air converter and at least one hydraulic-to-electric converter, both connected with an accumulator, which has at least one compressed-air storage tank. When hydraulic pressure is passed to the hydraulic-to-compressed air converter, it is converted to high-pressure compressed air, stored in the accumulator and released to generate a hydraulic force to the hydraulic-to-electric converter or the hydraulic-to-compressed air converter to convert hydraulic energy to electric or compressed air energy, respectively. A method for storing and releasing compressed air energy includes receiving hydraulic energy from a wind turbine and converting it to compressed air energy, storing the compressed air energy within an accumulator that has at least one storage tank, and then releasing the compressed air energy to generate a hydraulic force and convert hydraulic energy to electric or compressed air energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald W. Pickett
  • Patent number: 8727698
    Abstract: An electricity generating tower includes a tower wall whose inner radius profile has a hyperbolic shape for a least a portion thereof. Moisture is added to the top of the tower and mixes with air to generate a downdraft of wind within the interior of the tower. A base beneath the tower wall contains a plurality of radially extending wind tunnels each having a turbine arranged therein to convert the wind into electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Pickett, Stephen L. Sadle