US 12,292,036 B1
Vehicular wind turbine system for drag reduction
John Michael Kourtoff, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to PURUS POWER CORPORATION, Brampton (CA)
Filed by PURUS POWER CORPORATION, Brampton (CA)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/884,199.
Application 18/884,199 is a continuation of application No. 18/618,165, filed on Mar. 27, 2024, granted, now 12,129,835.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F03D 9/32 (2016.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); F03D 1/04 (2006.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 9/32 (2016.05) [B62D 35/001 (2013.01); F03D 1/04 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F05B 2240/923 (2013.01); F05B 2240/931 (2013.01); F05B 2240/941 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular wind turbine system comprising:
an airflow capture inlet having an inlet upstream end, an inlet downstream end, an air entry window, and a flow directing floor,
each of the air entry window and the flow directing floor extending from the inlet upstream end to the inlet downstream end,
the flow directing floor being sloped upwardly from the inlet upstream end toward the inlet downstream end;
a flow consolidating conduit that is close sided and extends from a consolidating conduit upstream end at the inlet downstream end, to a consolidating conduit downstream end,
the flow consolidating conduit comprising one or more flow partitions that subdivide a cross-sectional area of the flow consolidating conduit into two or more flow paths,
each flow partition and each flow path extending between the consolidating conduit upstream end and the consolidating conduit downstream end,
each flow partition having a partition downstream end located upstream of the consolidating conduit downstream end,
each flow path adjacent each flow partition merging at each partition downstream end into a merged flow path,
the cross-sectional area of the flow consolidating conduit decreasing between the consolidating conduit upstream end and the consolidating conduit downstream end toward the consolidating conduit downstream end; and
an air driven rotor assembly having a rotor assembly upstream end located downstream of the consolidating conduit downstream end, the air driven rotor assembly comprising an air driven rotor.