Patent ID: 8035245

Claim:
A windpower generator apparatus comprising: a shaft; a first arm extending radially outwardly from said shaft; a second arm extending radially outwardly from said shaft in spaced relationship to said first arm; a third arm extending radially outwardly from said shaft in spaced relationship to said first and second arms; a first plurality of vanes extending outwardly of said first arm, each of said first plurality of vanes being movable between a first position aligned with said first arm and a second position extending generally transverse to said first arm; a second plurality of vanes extending outwardly of said second arm, each of said second plurality of vanes movable between a first position aligned with said second arm and a second position extending transverse to said second arm; a third plurality of vanes extending outwardly of said third arm, each of said third plurality of vanes movable between a first position aligned with said third arm and a second position extending generally transverse to said third arm; a generating means cooperative with said shaft for producing electrical energy relative to a rotation of said shaft; and a magnetic induction means connected to a vane of at least one of said first, second, and third pluralities of vanes, said magnetic induction means for producing electrical energy relative to a movement of said first plurality of vanes between said first and second positions.