Patent ID: 7964978
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: F03D,F05B,H02P,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An improved wind turbine comprising: a turbine rotor, said turbine rotor having one or more blades, the blades attached at one end to a center of said turbine rotor, said center being a horizontal axis of rotation of a turbine blade ring, the blades attached at an opposite end to a blade ring, said turbine rotor having no external support; a guide track, said guide track being circular, said blade ring traveling within said guide track; a rotatable base, said guide track being mounted to said rotatable base; a tower, said rotatable base mounted to said tower, said tower fixedly mounted to a ground structure; means for generating electricity attached to said blade ring and to said guide track; and means for providing frictionless rotation of said turbine rotor in said guide track, wherein said means for providing frictionless rotation of said blade ring in said guide track comprises magnetic levitation devices therein.