US 12,071,930 B1
Vertical axis wind turbine with bracing members
Olamide Ajala Inyang, San Leandro, CA (US); Alin Ionut Munteanu, Leuven (BE); Jeffrey Willis, Omaha, NE (US); David John Malcolm, Kirkland, WA (US); and Antonio Ojeda Monge, El Puerto de Santa Maria (ES)
Assigned to Wind Harvest International Inc, Davis, CA (US)
Filed by Wind Harvest International Inc, Davis, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,127.
Int. Cl. F03D 3/06 (2006.01); F03D 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 3/064 (2013.01) [F03D 3/005 (2013.01); F03D 3/062 (2013.01); F05B 2240/214 (2013.01); F05B 2260/301 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical axis wind turbine comprising:
a mast;
a first arm having a first arm proximal end and a first arm distal end, wherein the first arm distal end is attached to the mast at a first mast connection point;
a second arm having a second arm proximal end and a second arm distal end, wherein the second arm distal end is attached to the mast at a second mast connection point;
a first blade attached to the first arm via the first arm proximal end and the second arm via the second arm proximal end; and
a first vertical bracing member having a first vertical bracing member proximal end and a first vertical bracing member distal end, wherein:
the first vertical bracing member distal end is attached to the mast at a third mast connection point, wherein the third mast connection point is between the first mast connection point and the second mast connection point, and
the first vertical bracing member proximal end is attached to the first arm at a first arm connection point, wherein the first arm connection point is between the first arm proximal end and the first arm distal end.