Patent ID: 8461715

Claim:
An omnidirectional wind collection apparatus comprising: an outer housing; a first peripheral wind inlet circumferentially formed in the outer housing to omnidirectionally collect wind; an inner housing disposed within the outer housing, the inner housing having an inner surface having a first opening at a lower end thereof to guide the wind collected from the first peripheral wind inlet, the inner surface being curved from the first opening to form a progressively narrower passage and having a second opening through which the collected wind passes at an upper end thereof, the second opening being smaller than the first opening; a wind pass-through portion formed above the second opening in the inner housing, the wind pass-through portion having a plurality of circumferential openings configured to omnidirectionally facilitate passage of uncollected wind therethrough, the passage of the uncollected wind creating a low pressure region in the wind pass-through portion to expedite flow of collected wind through the first and second openings of the inner housing inner surface.