PETER WAGSTAFF RIPLEY
Pilots in Cushman Dam, WA
License number
Washington A1596067
Issued Date
Mar 2017
Expiration Date
Sep 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
PO Box 9, Cushman Dam, WA 98548
Professional information
Wind Turbine For Electric Car
US Patent:
8513828, Aug 20, 2013
Filed:
May 14, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/506733
Inventors:
Peter W. Ripley - Hoodsport WA, US
International Classification:
H02P 9/04
US Classification:
290 50, 180 22
Abstract:
A system for harnessing wind energy to charge the electric storage battery of an all-electric motor vehicle, whether the vehicle is parked or in motion. While the vehicle is being driven, a roof-mounted, internal wind turbine harnesses wind energy and causes rotation of the shaft of an electric generator mounted to an interior surface of the roof. For charging the battery while the vehicle is parked, an external wind turbine is storable in the vehicle when not in use and attaches to the internal wind turbine. Cups of the kind used in cup anemometers are attached to radial arms that extend from an external shaft of the external wind turbine and catch ambient wind currents while the vehicle is parked, causing the external shaft and the generator shaft to rotate.