Patent ID: 8502403

Claim:
A wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades mounted on a rotor, said rotor having a rotatable shaft with a drivewheel extending outward therefrom, said drivewheel rotating with said shaft and said rotor as said blades rotate in response to a wind speed, said rotor having a broad range of speed, a plurality of-wheels being ha continuous rotatable contact with said drivewheel, said wheels being connected to drive a plurality of generators to produce energy, said turbine having various means for controlling a speed of said blades comprising at least two selected from the group of pitch, yaw and brakes, a controller being connected to control the number of generators that are generating between zero and all of said generators based on the speed of said blades, while controlling at least two of said pitch, yaw and brakes and monitoring parameters relating to said speed of said blades, said controller being programmed to add or remove the number of generators generating based on a torque of said rotatable shaft.