GB2477222B - A transmission unit - Google Patents

A transmission unit

Info

Publication number: GB2477222B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: transmission unit; transmission; unit
Prior art date: 2010-08-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Application number

GB1102990A

Other versions

GB201102990D0 (en

GB2477222A (en

Inventor

Demetrios Christou Demetriou

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Individual

Original Assignee

Individual

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2010-08-24

Filing date

2011-02-21

Publication date

2011-12-07

2011-02-21 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

2011-04-06 Publication of GB201102990D0 publication Critical patent/GB201102990D0/en

2011-07-27 Publication of GB2477222A publication Critical patent/GB2477222A/en

2011-08-23 Priority to PCT/GB2011/001265 priority Critical patent/WO2012025720A1/en

2011-12-07 Application granted granted Critical

2011-12-07 Publication of GB2477222B publication Critical patent/GB2477222B/en

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

2031-02-21 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
- F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F03D9/12—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing kinetic energy, e.g. using flywheels
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
- F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D15/00—Transmission of mechanical power
- F03D15/10—Transmission of mechanical power using gearing not limited to rotary motion, e.g. with oscillating or reciprocating members
- F03D9/02—
- F03D9/026—
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
- F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F03D9/13—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing gravitational potential energy
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
- F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F03D9/13—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing gravitational potential energy
- F03D9/16—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing gravitational potential energy using weights
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G1/00—Spring motors
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G1/00—Spring motors
- F03G1/02—Spring motors characterised by shape or material of spring, e.g. helical, spiral, coil
- F03G1/024—Spring motors characterised by shape or material of spring, e.g. helical, spiral, coil using helical springs
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G1/00—Spring motors
- F03G1/02—Spring motors characterised by shape or material of spring, e.g. helical, spiral, coil
- F03G1/029—Spring motors characterised by shape or material of spring, e.g. helical, spiral, coil using two or more springs
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G—SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03G3/00—Other motors, e.g. gravity or inertia motors
- F03G3/087—Gravity or weight motors
- F03G3/094—Gravity or weight motors specially adapted for potential energy power storage stations; combinations of gravity or weight motors with electric motors or generators
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03D—WIND MOTORS
- F03D9/00—Adaptations of wind motors for special use; Combinations of wind motors with apparatus driven thereby; Wind motors specially adapted for installation in particular locations
- F03D9/10—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy
- F03D9/17—Combinations of wind motors with apparatus storing energy storing energy in pressurised fluids
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/70—Wind energy
- Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/16—Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E70/00—Other energy conversion or management systems reducing GHG emissions
- Y02E70/30—Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Sustainable Development (AREA)
Sustainable Energy (AREA)
Power Engineering (AREA)
Wind Motors (AREA)
Control Of Eletrric Generators (AREA)

GB1102990A 2010-08-24 2011-02-21 A transmission unit Expired - Fee Related GB2477222B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PCT/GB2011/001265 WO2012025720A1 (en)	2010-08-24	2011-08-23	A transmission unit

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB1014120.8A GB2484891A (en)	2010-08-24	2010-08-24	Intermediate mechanical energy store

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB201102990D0 GB201102990D0 (en)	2011-04-06
GB2477222A GB2477222A (en)	2011-07-27
GB2477222B true GB2477222B (en)	2011-12-07

Family

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB1014120.8A Withdrawn GB2484891A (en)	2010-08-24	2010-08-24	Intermediate mechanical energy store
GB1102990A Expired - Fee Related GB2477222B (en)	2010-08-24	2011-02-21	A transmission unit

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB1014120.8A Withdrawn GB2484891A (en)	2010-08-24	2010-08-24	Intermediate mechanical energy store

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
GB (2)	GB2484891A (en)
WO (1)	WO2012025720A1 (en)

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2010
- 2010-08-24 GB GB1014120.8A patent/GB2484891A/en not_active Withdrawn
2011
- 2011-02-21 GB GB1102990A patent/GB2477222B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2011-08-23 WO PCT/GB2011/001265 patent/WO2012025720A1/en not_active Ceased

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE590297C (en) *		1933-12-30	Bruno Krausse	Device for energy storage for the auxiliary work in electrically or mechanically wound clocks or drives
DE1674540U (en) *	1951-08-10	1954-04-01	Reinhold Hampel	CUCKOO CLOCK WITH ELECTRIC WINDOW.
DE1078056B (en) *	1958-06-20	1960-03-17	Otto Haller	Striking mechanism clock with electric weight winder
FR2356018A1 (en) *	1975-11-27	1978-01-20	Bangil Leopold	Wind operated turbine driving generator - is positioned in shaft with lever operated vents to spill excess wind and stores excess energy mechanically to drive turbine when wind drops
JPS5728880A (en) *	1980-07-28	1982-02-16	Ichitaro Otsuka	Method of storing potential energy of body
US20030199347A1 (en) *	2002-04-23	2003-10-23	Hillis W. Daniel	Differential drive system

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GB2484891A (en)	2012-05-02
GB201102990D0 (en)	2011-04-06
GB201014120D0 (en)	2010-10-06
GB2477222A (en)	2011-07-27
WO2012025720A1 (en)	2012-03-01

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2016-10-26	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20160221
2017-10-18	S28	Restoration of ceased patents (sect. 28/pat. act 1977)	Free format text: APPLICATION FILED
2017-12-13	S28	Restoration of ceased patents (sect. 28/pat. act 1977)	Free format text: RESTORATION ALLOWED Effective date: 20171116
2020-10-28	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 20200221