Cable suspended windmill

Patent · Tue Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6969720

Farmer, M G

This patent describes a windmill apparatus. It comprises: an airframe having an upwind end and a downwind end; a first rotor rotatably mounted on the airframe; a generator supported by the airframe and being operatively connected to the rotor; ground based support means for supporting the airframe in a vertically elevated disposition; and suspension means for suspending the airframe from the support means.

• Assignee: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
• Patent Number(s): US 4894554; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-246594A
• OSTI ID: 6969720
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 15 Sep 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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