US 12,319,432 B1
Wing-mounted turbine for generating electricity and increasing thrust
Glen R. Whitehouse, Skillman, NJ (US); and Todd R. Quackenbush, Ringoes, NJ (US)
Assigned to Continuum Dynamics, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US)
Filed by Continuum Dynamics, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/059,359.
Application 19/059,359 is a continuation of application No. 18/440,997, filed on Feb. 14, 2024, granted, now 12,258,143.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/445,515, filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Int. Cl. F03D 1/06 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/32 (2016.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC B64D 41/007 (2013.01) [G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F03D 9/322 (2023.08); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/81 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine comprising a plurality of blades with a predetermined airfoil profile and extending from a proximal blade root to a distal blade tip, said blades being mounted to a turbine shaft and arranged around a turbine axis for rotating said turbine shaft in the presence of a fluid flow introduced to a turbine inlet, wherein said blades are configured according to a set of turbine parameters related to the blade geometry, the turbine geometry, and the rate of rotation, for providing a specified weighted combination of a propulsive force in the direction of the turbine axis to an amount of power generated by said turbine when vortical fluid flow is introduced to the turbine inlet.