Patent ID: 9303622
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A wind turbine apparatus, comprising: a turbine blade assembly comprising a plurality of elongated turbine blades rotatably mounted about an axis, each turbine blade having a lift-producing aerofoil-shaped profile with a leading edge, a trailing edge, an outer low-pressure curved surface and an inner relatively high-pressure surface; and a pair of wind deflection members, wherein each wind deflection member comprises a flat elongated plate extending parallel to said axis and including an apex edge, wherein the apex edges are positioned at opposite ends of a diameter of the turbine blade assembly, wherein a first perpendicular direction extends from the diameter defined by the position of the apex edges, and wherein when the wind direction is in the first perpendicular direction, the turbine blades and the deflection members are exposed to an open, unobstructed wind flow, and no wind-guiding members compress the wind into the turbine blades; and wherein the plates terminate in the first perpendicular direction before the termination of the turbine blade assembly in the first perpendicular direction.