Aeronautics and astronautics – Kites – Airplane type
Patent
1978-12-11
1981-02-17
Frankfort, Charles E.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Kites
Airplane type
244 1R, 290 44, 290 55, B64C 3106, F03D 500
Patent
active
042510406
ABSTRACT:
Wind driven apparatus for the production of power at a ground location includes an aerodynamic lift generating vehicle capable of maintaining a stable airborne orientation, a tether linking the vehicle to a ground location, mechanical power generating equipment carried by the vehicle and responsive to relative motion between the air and the vehicle, apparatus for converting the generated power to reciprocating motion and structure for transmitting the reciprocating motion along the tether to the ground.
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patent: 2112633 (1938-03-01), Moon
patent: 3227398 (1966-01-01), Struble
patent: 3987987 (1976-10-01), Payne et al.
patent: 4084102 (1978-04-01), Fry et al.
Frankfort Charles E.
Laughlin, Jr. James H.
McDonald C. Douglas
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