Patent ID: 9470210
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,F16C,H02K,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A wind turbine, comprising: a turbine rotor; a turbine support; a first magnet set located on a lower surface of said turbine rotor, magnets therein having a generally rectangular shape and disposed in a ring along said lower surface of said turbine rotor; and a second magnet set located on an upper surface of said turbine support, magnets therein having a generally cylindrical shape, each of said cylindrically-shaped magnets being disposed in a ring and substantially aligned below a respective rectangularly-shaped magnet in said first magnet set, whereby, in operation, a space between said first magnet set on said turbine rotor and said second magnet set on said turbine support opens, wherein the space is created by the magnet sets in opposition.