Kenneth E Stevens

US Patent:

7098553, Aug 29, 2006

Filed:

Jan 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/905602

Inventors:

Theodore F Wiegel - Goldenrod FL, US
Kenneth C Stevens - Great Falls VA, US

International Classification:

F03D 9/00
H02P 9/04

US Classification:

290 55, 290 44

Abstract:

A wind-capturing electrical generator device comprising a plurality of generators is driven by wind created by traffic passing in close proximity at high speeds. The device preferably uses horizontally or vertically mounted Savonius-type or helical-turbine-type rotors attached to electrical generators in order to capture the wind and produce electrical energy. A plurality of electrical generator devices may be mounted in a configuration such that they are in close proximity to vehicular passageways (e. g. , highway overpasses, tunnels, or train rails). The wind created by the traffic is used to rotate the vanes and their attached generators in order to produce electrical energy.