Patent ID: 7075191
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: F03B,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents, comprising: a) a rail system; b) a vane assembly, having a frame and at least one vane configured to interact with said currents to produce a force: c) a car assembly, slidably mounted to the rail, including a first and second guide wheels and a longitudinal axis element running between the first and second guide wheels and a linkage portion coupled to the frame, the force being useable to move the car assembly with respect to the rail system; d) a power-take-off device operatively coupled to the car assembly, positioned intermediate the vane assembly and the rail system and located no farther away from the rail system toward the vane assembly than is the longitudinal axis element of the car, said power-take-off device being configured so that it rotates around the rail system; and e) a generating system having: