Wind Warrior

Abstract

The Wind warrior is a wind turbine that is situated in the wind, horizontally so winds from all directions affect it equally without, the need for a rudder type directional control. The Wind Warrior has several veins, similar to umbrellas, at the ends of arms (trusses) that are connected to a center mandrel that turns with the arms as the wind drive; the veins attached to the outer ends of the arms. The wind acts upon the face side of the veins to spin them, transferring the wind force through the arms to the mandrel but partially closing the veins as they rotate into a position where the wind acts upon their back side. Drag is reduced due to the veins partially closing as they rotate until the face side is again exposed to the force of the wind and is opened and driven thereby to rotate the mandrel.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1—Drawing Page 1

Elevation

• 1 Steel reinforced concrete base of sufficient weight & strength to support Wind Warrior.
• 2 Wind Warrior Tower; any obvious tower built strong enough to support the turbine with the force of the wind.
• 3 Mandrel that is rotated by an arm or truss/vein combination that is Driven by the wind. Mandrel drives energy producing apparatus. Mandrel rotates on bearings that are mounted on an obvious shaft That is mounted on the top of the tower.
• 4 Base Plate for mounting energy producing apparatus such as generator, Compressor, Etc.
• 5 Arm/truss that is attached on one end to the mandrel (3). The opposite end of the arm attaches to the vein (6&7) that the wind acts upon. For Clarity, the arms are drawn here as single pipe or tube but they will be trusses tied together by bridging trusses. These will be shown in more detailed drawings of individual parts.
• 6 Back side of vein that closes when wind force brings it (back side) into position for the wind force to close it.
• 7 Face side of vein that is opened by the same wind force that causes it to Rotate along with arm/truss and mandrel.
• 8 Curved arrow shows direction of rotation of turbine.
• 9 Straight arrows show wind direction.

FIG. 2 Drawing Page 2

Elevation

• 2 Tower-any obvious tower built strong enough to support the turbine with the force of the wind.
• 3 Mandrel that is rotated by arm or truss/vein combination driven by wind. Mandrel drives energy producing apparatus. Mandrel rotates on ball bearings that are mounted on an obvious shaft that is mounted on the tower.
• 4 Base plate for mounting energy producing apparatus such as electrical generator, compressor, pump Etc. Alternatively, a shaft will run from the mandrel to a mounting plate close to the ground for turning energy producing equipment at a more convenient position for servicing Etc.
• 5 Arm/truss that on one end is attached to Mandrel (3). The opposite end of arm/truss attaches to the vein upon which the wind acts.
• 6 vein that has been closed by rotation of mandrel & arm bringing it to a position for wind to act on and to close it.
• 7 Face side of vein fully opened by wind force acting upon it when Rotation off Mandrel and arm have brought it to face the wind.

FIG. 3 Drawing Page 2

Plan view

• 5 Arm/truss that connects between mandrel and wind vein (6&7).
• 6 Wind vein in a closed condition.
• 7 Wind vein in an open condition
• 8 Bridging between arms/trusses that ties them together so that power from vein transmits through all arms together into the mandrel.
• 9 Direction of rotation of turbine,
• 10 Direction of wind acting upon the turbine.

FIG. 4 Drawing Page 3

Elevation

• 7-a Umbrella-like vein that opens and closes in wind to transfer wind Force to apparatus that vein attaches to.
• 7-b hub upon which rod holders rotate. Rotation is for opening and Closing vein
• 7-c Rod attached to rod holder. The rods are the skeletal structure of the vein.
• 7-d Rod holder with ball bearings attaching it to the hub for rotation that Opens and closes the rods and hence the vein that when opened Transfers power from the wind to the arm/trusses and hence to the Mandrel.
• 7-e Sail cloth or other strong, flexible fabric that is weather resistant The sail cloth attaches to the rods and when opened presents resistance to the wind. It is the winds overcoming this resistance, forcing the vein into motion that creates the generated power.

FIG. 5 Drawing Page 4

Elevation

• 7 Wind vein in opened condition (side elevation view)
• 7-b Hub upon which rod holders pivot to open and close vein.
• 7-f Control ring that stops vein from closing too much so that the wind cannot open it efficiently as possible when positioned for opening.
• 7-g Bolt in center of hub, and control rings for attachment to arm/truss (Truss shown on FIGS. 1&2)
• 7-h Hub Control ring that controls extent of opening the vein. Rods rest on this ring when vein is fully opened.
• 10 Shows direction of wind acting upon opened vein.

FIG. 6 Drawing Page 4

Elevation and Plan View

• 3 Outer structure of mandrel to which arm/trusses attach. Pulley Sprocket or gear also attach to the mandrel to drive energy Producing, equipment.
• 3-a Inner part of mandrel (shaft mounted on tower)
• 3-b Miss-numbered. Should be 3-c bearing. Mandrel will have 3-c Bearing top and bottom, between shaft and outer structure of Mandrel.
• 4 Mounting plate for mounting of energy producing equipment

Claims

1 Opening and dosing, umbrella type veins, when opened, offer a solid surface for the wind to act upon but as they rotate around a central mandrel, they offer their back side which closes them to give little resistance to wind as they rotate into position to be opened and acted upon again, repetitively, as solid rotatable surfaces.

2 Arms/trusses (Number 5 of drawings) that carry the veins (number 6 & 7 of drawings) at extreme ends are attached to a rotating mandrel (number 3 of drawings) at their opposite end. The mandrel is connected to energy producing apparatus (not shown because any obvious apparatus can be used). The speed (RPM's) of the mandrel is directly proportional to the speed of the wind. While the power produced is directly proportional to the size (Sq. Ft, surface) of the vein X the force/speed of the wind and the torque is proportional to the length of the vein supporting arms. Because of these factors, the Wind Warrior produces useable power at lower wind velocities than do conventional wind turbines

3 The opening and closing veins (5 or more) are carried on trusses that are connected by bridging (see number 8 on FIG. 3 of drawings) so that the turning action is transmitted from any one of the veins into and through the entire arm/truss system. This allows for light-weight construction while providing strength to withstand fairly high winds. The trusses must be constructed of light weight material such as aluminum while the veins must be sail cloth, parachute cloth or other light weight material that is strong and also sun and weather resistant (see numbers 5 through 7 of drawings). The Wind Warrior has five or more arm/vein combinations, so that a straight forward wind will at all times act upon more than one vein. This produces a sooth constant action instead of the choppy action that can occur with 4 or less veins.