Michael E Blackburn

US Patent:

20130028722, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Jul 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/194903

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Blackburn - Austin TX, US
Steven Dwight Brown - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

F03D 3/04

US Classification:

4152081

Abstract:

A system and method for improving turbine efficiency using a frame and shroud system is described herein. Specifically, a shroud system can comprise a frame comprising a base and a substantially vertical support structure, said substantially support structure having a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein said bottom portions connect to a base. In another embodiment, the shroud system can also comprise an upper wind shroud connected to said top portion of said support structure, wherein said upper wind shroud is angled between thirty degrees and seventy-five degrees, further wherein a front portion of said wind shroud extends higher than a rear portion of said wind shroud.

US Patent:

20130028723, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Jul 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/194906

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Blackburn - Austin TX, US
Steven Dwight Brown - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

F01D 25/24

US Classification:

4152081

Abstract:

A system and method for generating electrical power using a shrouded wind turbine system. Specifically, a shrouded wind turbine system can comprise a frame, a turbine mounted to said frame, wherein said turbine comprises a hub, a plurality of blade mounts connected to said hub, said hub rotatable, such that during said rotation said blade mounts move toward a turbine rear when above said hub and toward a turbine front when below said hub. In another embodiment, the shrouded wind turbine system can also comprise a plurality of blades, each connected to a unique one of said blade mounts, and an upper wind shroud comprising a front and a rear, said upper wind shroud front mounted above said turbine front and said upper wind shroud rear mounted above said turbine rear, further wherein said upper wind shroud front is mounted higher than said upper wind rear.

US Patent:

20130028745, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Jul 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/194901

Inventors:

Michael Gregory Blackburn - Austin TX, US
Steven Dwight Brown - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

F03D 3/06

US Classification:

416241 R

Abstract:

A system and method for generating electrical power using an improved wind turbine blade is described herein. Specifically, a wind turbine blade assembly can include a one or more curved blade mount, each parallel to the other, having a ratio of a linear blade length to a curve depth between 15/99 and 17/99, and a blade, wherein blade is mounted to said one or more blade mounts, wherein said blade comprises a thin flexible material capable of conforming to one or more curved blade mount.