Patent ID: 8262338

Claim:
A wind powered turbine comprising: (a) a housing having an inlet and an outlet; (b) a plurality of spaced apart stators arranged in a fixed annular cylindrical stator array; (c) a plurality of cupped rotors arranged in an annular cylindrical rotor array which is rotatable about a central axis and fits within said stator array; (d) said stators being positioned to cause air which flows around an outer periphery of said stator to impinge on said cup rotors; (e) an air handling system which causes air entering said housing to flow around substantially the entire outer periphery of said stator array; (f) wherein said stator and rotor arrays are divided into a first section and a second section which are separated from one another, and a first portion of the air entering said housing flows through said first section and a second portion of the air entering said housing flows through said second section.