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Send related kite patent notes:  Notes@EnergyKiteSystems.net Apparatus for extracting energy  from winds at significant height above the surface Lambros Lois

Patents      This list is not comprehensive; there are many patents applicable to kite-generation of electricity that play in the investigation and development of EKS.   Many active patents affecting kites generating electricity are not yet shown; especially, the deep sector of windmill patents holds electricity-generation teachings that inform systems that use kite energy. Controlling kite systems plays a big role in generating mechanical and electrical energy.  Using motion input to generators and energy storage devices require technology; patents move on these  matters. Creative combining of parts to effect final purposes is a design and inventive process.    Other patents that readers find applicable, please send to   News@energykitesystems.net      WORKING note: An increasing reflection of USPTO data will be occurring; for now, there is mostly a raw Google patent data coverage.  Coverage as yet is far less than what is available on what affects kite energy.   Storage and distribution of energy obtained is part of final solutions. Small and huge aspects play their challenges. You may request any kite energy related patent to be the subject of an open discussion.    Some visitors may have interest in wikipatents,   USPTO, and  Google Patents.      Keep EKS informed of your news. http://www.drachen.org/journals/a02/journal2.pdf  Self-erecting windmill Peter R. Payne et al Recent application:   http://tinyurl.com/PatApplMarch2009BIMODALKITE   The applying inventor list: Griffith; Saul; (San Francisco, CA) ; Lynn; Peter; (Alameda, CA) ; Montague; Don; (Maui, HI) ; Hardham; Corwin; (San Francisco, CA)       Patent pending approval process will take time.    Filed: September 13, 2007   What claims will survive? Discuss in group.  Assignee: Makani Power, Inc.  This list is not comprehensive.   You may add to the list easily with the above form. Application number: 12/175,416 Baseload Energy, Inc. POWER GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE MOTORS/GENERATORS  by  Albert J. Grenier Publication number: US 2009/0021021 A1 Filed: Jul 17, 2008 6616402 Serpentine wind turbine by Douglas Spriggs Selsam       Doug Selsam      See: Selsam   for action vids and more. Filed: Jun 14, 2001 Issued: Sep 9, 2003             6555931  John V. Mizzi         Renewable energy systems using long-stroke open-channel reciprocating engines Filed: Sep 14, 2001 Issued: Apr 29, 2003 3887817 POWER GENERATING DEVICE Gerald E. Steelman Filed: Dec 20, 1973 Issued: Jun 1975 7504741 US Patent 7504741 - Wind energy plant with a steerable kite by Stephan Wrage, Stephan Brabeck Filed: Mar 30, 2007 Issued: Mar 17, 2009   https://data.epo.org/publication-server/getpdf.jsp?cc=EP&pn=1672214&ki=A1   1005871 Captive Balloon by Walter I. Pennock  Filed: Aug 8, 1910 Issued: Oct 1911 1540998 Conversion of atmospheric electric energy by Hermann Plauson Filed: Jan 13, 1921 Issued: Jun 9, 1925   Awarded two US Kite Control System patents; #6,877,697 (link) for fixed line controllers and #6,581,879 (link) for variable and fixed line controllers using power kites; has led to the success of licensing the technology within the kite industry. Bellacera; John D. (White Salmon, WA       2388478 November 1945 Garber 3338536 August 1967 Hull et al. 3355129 November 1967 Kinsey 3409255 November 1968 Sada 4127247 November 1978 Strasilla 4129273 December 1978 Hill 4708078 November 1987 Legaignoux et al. 4796827 January 1989 Munt, III et al. 4873934 October 1989 Renault 4892272 January 1990 Hadzicki 5024401 June 1991 Nakashima 5180123 January 1993 Lin 5366182 November 1994 Roeseler et al. 5417390 May 1995 Southwick 5575229 November 1996 Blackmer 6056243 May 2000 Prentice 6260803 July 2001 Hunts 6273369 August 2001 Nishimura et al. 6336607 January 2002 Perrier 6435456 August 2002 Clawson   4084102 Wind driven, high altitude power apparatus  by Charles Max Fry, Henry W. Hise Filed: Jan 19, 1976 Issued: Apr 11, 1978 1835018 TURBINE HAVING ITS ROTATING SHAFT TRANSVERSE TO THE PLOW OP THE CURRENT by  Georges Jean Marie Darrieus   Filed: Oct 1, 1925 Issued: Dec 1931 1046026    Wind motive apparatus  by    E. SALISBURY Filed: Aug 1, 1912 Issued: Dec 1912 6948910 Spiral-based axial flow devices by Ronald R. Polacsek Filed: Jul 12, 2002 Issued: Sep 27, 2005 7335000 Systems and methods for tethered wind turbines by Frederick D. Ferguson Filed: May 3, 2005 Issued: Feb 26, 2008       1975116 Aircraft  by Frank W. McIntyre [His target is a powered aircraft. Along the way he instructs a "toy" which in drawing indicates a kite. The helical Magnus-effect rotating wing could be tapped for electricity generation.] Filed: Mar 9, 1931 Issued: Oct 1934         2388478   TARGET KITE     Inventor: Paul E. Garber Filed: Aug 14, 1944 Issued: Nov 1945 2476801 Kite by Inventor: George C. Blazi Filed: Jun 15, 1946 Issued: Jul 1949     2520704 Kite by Bruno B. Wisney Filed: Aug 27, 1948 Issued: Aug 1950   4134707 Wind turbine apparatus by Marion H. Ewers Filed: Apr 26, 1977 Issued: Jan 16, 1979 4450364 Lighter than air wind energy conversion system utilizing a rotating Filed: Mar 24, 1982 Issued: May 22, 1984 4756666 United sail windmill Filed: Jul 19, 1984 Issued: Jul 12, 1988 5598988 Rotary flyer  by Thomas J. Bukur Filed: Apr 13, 1995 Issued: Feb 4, 1997 6825574 SPRING MOTOR POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATION SYSTEM ACTUATED BY RECIPROCATING NATURAL FORCES Mooring illustrates an electricity generation system that has the ability to generate electrical power by mechanically capturing power of large trees as they sway in the wind Filed: Sep 13, 2002 Issued: Nov 30, 2004   7304398 Transducer generating AC electricity from natural forces-frictionless magnetic plate  Filed: May 30, 2006 Issued: Dec 4, 2007 7317261 Power generating apparatus by Andrew Martin Rolt   Filed: Jul 25, 2006 Issued: Jan 8, 2008 7129596 Hovering wind turbine by  Aleandro Soares Macedo   Filed: Oct 31, 2004 Issued: Oct 31, 2006 6781254 Windmill kite  by Bryan William Roberts   Filed: Oct 17, 2002 Issued: Aug 24, 2004 6523781 Axial-mode linear wind-turbine  by Gary Dean Ragner Filed: Aug 29, 2001 Issued: Feb 25, 2003 6809430 Conveyor-type fluid energy-harnessing apparatus by Jurgen Diederich Related later application   Fluid Energy-Harnessing Apparatus Filed: Mar 4, 2003 Issued: Oct 26, 2004 4684817 Valvular sail power plant  by John M. Goldwater   Filed: Mar 11, 1985 Issued: Aug 4, 1987 4302684 Free wing turbine by Laird B. Gogins Filed: Jul 5, 1979 Issued: Nov 24, 1981   4572962   Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at high altitudes by David H. Shepard Filed: Apr 28, 1982 Issued: Feb 25, 1986 Watercraft Having a Kite-Like Element  by  Stephan Wrage Application number: 11/662,022 Publication number: US 2007/0261624 A1   Filed: Sep 5, 2005 Positioning Device for a Free-Flying Kite-Type Wind-Attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft  by  Stephan Wrage Application number: 11/578,817 Publication number: US 2007/0272141 A1 Filed: Apr 19, 2005 7183663 Precisely controlled flying electric generators by Bryan William Roberts of NSW, Australia and David Hammond Shepard of California, USA Filed: Aug 17, 2004 Issued: Feb 27, 2007 7109598 Precisely controlled flying electric generators III   by Bryan William Roberts of NSW, Australia and David Hammond Shepard of California, USA    4073516 Wind driven power plant Alberto Kling Filed: Jun 6, 1975 Issued: Feb 14, 1978         6849963 Extracting power from moving water       "by reversing the direction of thrust" Filed May 3, 2004 Application AERIAL WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD   US20080231058  Application    Kite Power Generator     Document Type and Number :United States Patent Application 20080231058 Kind Code:A1 Abstract:  The KitePower Generator uses one or more kites that go through a oscillating cycle of motion creating varying forces on their tether lines. These varying forces are converted into rotation, using a crankshaft. The cycle of motion may be driven by the inherent kite design or through the action of two or more tether lines connected to a crankshaft. The pull from the lines is stronger when they pull out and weaker when they are being pulled in. The cycle of motion may involve flapping, swirling, waving, swooping, veering or feathering. Several kites may be connected or combined into a single composite kite. Efficiency is higher with three or more lines so that one is always pulling out strongly. Various techniques keep kites aloft in still or stormy weather. Nicholson, Kit (Kirkby Lonsdale, GB) Nicholson, Hamish (Carlisle, GB) Ricketts, Marc (Portland, OR, US)     4251040 Wind driven apparatus for power generation by  Miles L. Loyd Filed: Dec. 11, 4486669 Wind generator kite system  by Paul F. Pugh   3987987 Self-erecting windmill by Peter R. Payne, Charles McCutchen Filed: Jan 28, 1975 Issued: Oct 26, 1976 application Wind energy production using kites and ground mounted power generators   by Gordon Bruce Kingsley 2003 4389032 Retractable wing kite Charles O. Meckley   Filed: Jul 10, 1981 Issued: Jun 21, 1983 4513932 Rigid multi-cone kite by  Betty B. Sinha Filed: Jun 30, 1983 Issued: Apr 30, 1985 7204459 Kite  by   Shawn Thomas                               Story   Filed: Jun 28, 2004 Issued: Apr 17, 2007   Device and Method for the Suspension of Objects Sean Thomas Moran   Application number: 11/423,139      Filed: Jun 8, 2006 Publication number: US 2007/0284498 A1               4415312 Traverse-axis fluid turbine by Ben Brenneman    6254034 Tethered aircraft system for gathering energy from wind by Howard G. Carpenter Filed: Sep 20, 1999 Issued: Jul 3, 2001 7188808   Aerial wind power generation system  by: Gaylord G. Olson Aerial wind power generation system and method   Filed: Feb 27, 2006 Issued: Mar 13, 2007 5909859 Multi-rotor kite glider by Stephen J. Janicki   7014149 Traction kite design Peter Robert Lynn   3428277 Gliding parachute by William J. Everette, Jr.   6914345 Power Generation     by   John R Webster      Kite Power Generator   2107808 Kite        Willem H. A. G. van Ittersum (Netherlands)         Same earlier in France 1937 Jan 27       3086739 Kite Control Apparatus by Theodore C. Barber [[ED: Notice for AWE the potential of reverse: Have kite lines drive ground rotary structure.]] Filed: Oct 3, 1961 Issued: Apr 1963 4124182 Wind driven energy system by Arnold Loeb Filed: Nov 14, 1977 Issued: Nov 7, 1978 2400400 TOWING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT Van Buren Duer  [ED: noice the essence of dual-kite potentiality here for AWE] Filed Dec 14, 1942 Issued: May 1946   4076190 Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at significant height above the surface   by Lambros Lois  Filed: Mar 30, 1976 Issued: Feb 28, 1978 4124182 Wind driven energy system Nov 7, 1978 4166596 Airship power turbine    by William J. Mouton, Jr., David F. Thompson Filed: Apr 28, 1978 Issued: Sep 4, 1979 4251040 Wind driven apparatus for power generation Feb 17, 1981 4309006 Tethered airfoil wind energy conversion system  by Lloyd I. Biscomb Filed: Jun 4, 1979 Issued: Jan 5, 1982 4313059 Sea current energy system Jan 26, 1982 4470563 Airship-windmill Sep 11, 1984 4572962 Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at high altitudes Feb 25, 1986 4659940 Power generation from high altitude winds Filed: Oct 11, 1985 Issued: Apr 21, 1987 4730119 Sail-driven wind motor Mar 8, 1988 5150859 Wingtip turbine Sep 29, 1992 5484257 Wind energy device Jan 16, 1996 6072245 Wind-driven driving apparatus employing kites   by Wubbo Johannes Ockels Filed: Nov 12, 1997 Issued: Jun 6, 2000 6254034 Tethered aircraft system for gathering energy from wind Jul 3, 2001 6523781 Axial-mode linear wind-turbine Feb 25, 2003 6866230 Apparatus for and method of flying two-line steerable kites Mar 15, 2005 6914345 Power generation Jul 5, 2005 7188808 Aerial wind power generation system and method by Gaylord G. Olson Mar 13, 2007 7275719 Wind drive apparatus for an aerial wind power generation system Oct 2, 2007 3463420 Inflatable wing   WO 1989004757 19890601 THE IMPROVED METHOD OF CREATING INFLATABLE PRODUCTS  Keith Stewart    of UK    The US related: Inflatable articles and method of creating inflatable products US filing: May 21, 1990 4533099 Kite    by Keith Stewart of  UK F: Sep 24, 1982 5433401 Airfoil shaped kite with aileron extensions Marc C. Ricketts   692714 Windmill FD: Oct 23, 1901 691875 Musical kite by Henry Rowland Saunders FD: Oct 31, 1901 5056447 Rein-deer kite by Gaudencio A. Labrador FD: Oct 13, 1988 6513759  Sports Kites by David Starbuck   4186314 High efficiency wind power machine  by Richard E. Diggs Filed: Jul 13, 1978 Issued: Jan 29, 1980 4110631  Wind-driven generator  by  Edmund L. Salter Filed: Dec 8, 1975 Issued: Aug 29, 1978 2494430 Rotating kite by   James R. Carnwath Filed: Mar 29, 1948 Issued: Jan 1950       2613283 VIBRATION TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY  by Samuel M.Bagno Filed: Dec 9, 1948 Issued: Oct 7, 1952 4021140 Inventor: Alfred L. Weisbrich    Variable geometry windturbine Filed: Nov 12, 1974  Issued: May 3, 1977 3887817 POWER GENERATING DEVICE  by Gerald E. Steelman Filed: Dec 20, 1973 Issued: Jun 1975  5931416 Has to do with control systems of kite systems. Tethered aircraft having remotely controlled angle of attack  Inventor: Howard G. Carpenter References:   Patent number: 2556877 Kite Control Filed: Jun 16, 1950 Issued: Jun 1951 Inventor: Kenneth C. Howard 4280675 Controllable kite Jul 28, 1981 5598988 Rotary flyer Feb 4, 1997 5931416 Tethered aircraft having remotely controlled angle of attack Aug 3, 1999 5954297 Rotary flyer Sep 21, 1999 6044581 Waterfowl decoy system for suspension over predetermined location   2696960 (unknown) Dec 1954 3735949 (unknown) May 1973 3770230 (unknown) Nov 1973 4280675 Controllable kite Jul 28, 1981 5533694 Method for locating the resultant of wind effects on tethered aircraft Jul 9, 1996 1167179 (unknown) Jan 1916 2059634 (unknown) Nov 1936 2556877 (unknown) Jun 1951 2613894 (unknown) Oct 1952 2696960 (unknown) Dec 1954 3735949 (unknown) May 1973 Referenced by Patent Number Title Issue date 4534235 Rotary stepper actuator Aug 13, 1985 5348188 Micro-dosing device for powdery and granulate substances Sep 20, 1994   Filed: Nov 21, 1997 Issued: Aug 3, 1999                                             [ TOP ]

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Working: (duplicates may be pasted)

3984698	Waterwheel driven electrical generator	Oct 5, 1976
4021140	Variable geometry windturbine	May 3, 1977
4054031	Power unit	Oct 18, 1977
4124182	Wind driven energy system	Nov 7, 1978
4313059	Sea current energy system	Jan 26, 1982
4364709	Wind power converter	Dec 21, 1982
6254034	Tethered aircraft system for gathering energy from wind	Jul 3, 2001
7188808	Aerialwind power generation system and method	Mar 13, 2007
7275719	Wind drive apparatus for an aerial wind power generation system	Oct 2, 2007

Working:

Patent Number	Title	Issue date
231812	(unknown)	Aug 1880
243744	(unknown)	Jul 1881
247266	(unknown)	Sep 1881
273930	(unknown)	Mar 1883
308544	(unknown)	Nov 1884
464621	(unknown)	Dec 1891
589530	(unknown)	Sep 1897
625614	(unknown)	May 1899
802144	(unknown)	Oct 1905
1296082	(unknown)	Mar 1919
1441863	(unknown)	Jan 1923
1492432	(unknown)	Apr 1924
1915689	(unknown)	Jun 1933
3887817	(unknown)	Jun 1975

 

Working:

3339078	(unknown)	Aug 1967
4021135	Wind turbine	May 3, 1977

Patent number: 2751172
Filing date: Nov 17, 1953
Issue date: Jun 1956
Inventor: Rogallo et al.

4892272	Kite-like flying device with dual handles and four point control Kite-like flying device with dual handles and four point control Joseph R. Hadzicki	Jan 9, 1990
5120006	Kite-like flying device with independent wing surface control	Jun 9, 1992
5533694	Method for locating the resultant of wind effects on tethered aircraft	Jul 9, 1996
6357697	Kite structure	Mar 19, 2002
6640483	Lightweight bird decoy apparatus	Nov 4, 2003
7093803	Apparatus and method for aerodynamic wing

2437038	NOWKA	Mar 1948
2472075	(unknown)	Jun 1949
2546078	(unknown)	Mar 1951
2751172	(unknown)	Jun 1956
2839259	(unknown)	Jun 1958
3194520	(unknown)	Jul 1965
3296617	(unknown)	Jan 1967
3310261	(unknown)	Mar 1967
3338536	(unknown)	Aug 1967
3355129	(unknown)	Nov 1967
3446458	(unknown)	May 1969
3746286	(unknown)	Jul 1973
3892375	(unknown)	Jul 1975
4129272	Aerofoil structure	Dec 12, 1978
4286762	Kite-like flying device and accessories thereof	Sep 1, 1981

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(WO/2008/034421) KITE POWER GENERATOR   (in German language)

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Working yet:

701106	(unknown)	May 1902
966143	(unknown)	Aug 1910
1051659	(unknown)	Jan 1913
1494453	(unknown)	May 1924
2107808	(unknown)	Feb 1938
2151349	(unknown)	Mar 1939
2442846	(unknown)	Aug 1948
2472290	(unknown)	Jun 1949
2501442	(unknown)	Mar 1950
D160910	(unknown)	Nov 1950
2556877	(unknown)	Jun 1951
2613894	(unknown)	Oct 1952
2613895	(unknown)	Oct 1952
D169290	(unknown)	Apr 1953
D169291	(unknown)	Apr 1953
D171327	(unknown)	Jan 1954
2733880	(unknown)	Feb 1956
D177577	(unknown)	May 1956
2763958	(unknown)	Sep 1956
2768473	(unknown)	Oct 1956
2768803	(unknown)	Oct 1956
2801063	(unknown)	Jul 1957
2811327	(unknown)	Oct 1957
2812914	(unknown)	Nov 1957
2835462	(unknown)	May 1958
2903207	(unknown)	Sep 1959
2987280	(unknown)	Jun 1961
3026073	(unknown)	Mar 1962
3079115	(unknown)	Feb 1963
3079116	(unknown)	Feb 1963
3086737	(unknown)	Apr 1963
3086738	(unknown)	Apr 1963
3087698	MULLINIX	Apr 1963
3107888	(unknown)	Oct 1963
3108770	(unknown)	Oct 1963
3116043	(unknown)	Dec 1963
3255985	(unknown)	Jun 1966
3270895	(unknown)	Sep 1966
3330511	(unknown)	Jul 1967
3330512	(unknown)	Jul 1967
3439887	(unknown)	Apr 1969
3526377	(unknown)	Sep 1970
3612450	(unknown)	Oct 1971
3664613	(unknown)	May 1972
3687403	(unknown)	Aug 1972
3740009	(unknown)	Jun 1973
3952975	Inflatable kite	Apr 27, 1976
3954236	Wind actuated rotatable tubular device	May 4, 1976
3960346	Kite	Jun 1, 1976
3997136	Toy-kite airplane	Dec 14, 1976
4012017	Rotary kite	Mar 15, 1977
4078745	Rotary kite	Mar 14, 1978
4078746	Acrobatic rotary kite	Mar 14, 1978
4084102	Wind driven, high altitude power apparatus	Apr 11, 1978
4113209	Rotating kite	Sep 12, 1978
4121794	Flying toy	Oct 24, 1978
4154017	Tethered flying toy	May 15, 1979
4209936	Flying saucer appendage	Jul 1, 1980
4243190	Rotary wing device	Jan 6, 1981
4577815	Wing assemblies for aircraft	Mar 25, 1986
4601440	Line extender and rewinder for kite	Jul 22, 1986
4606518	Space spinner	Aug 19, 1986
4624648	Aerial toy	Nov 25, 1986
4752051	Sound device attached to kite string	Jun 21, 1988
4752052	Projectile	Jun 21, 1988
4779825	Aerodynamic devices	Oct 25, 1988
4790498	Space spinner	Dec 13, 1988
4848704	Aerodynamic devices	Jul 18, 1989
4871133	Kite bridle and method	Oct 3, 1989
4874146	Steerable kite	Oct 17, 1989
4878636	Kite bridle and link system and method for making same	Nov 7, 1989
4884765	Highly manoeuvrable control line kite	Dec 5, 1989
4892272	Kite-like flying device with dual handles and four point control	Jan 9, 1990
4911383	Kite	Mar 27, 1990
4911384	Winged kite	Mar 27, 1990
4915320	Kite string reel	Apr 10, 1990
4919365	Airfoil	Apr 24, 1990
4927100	Airfoil configuration	May 22, 1990
4930726	Built-in control flaps for a multi-cell wing type canopy	Jun 5, 1990
4942506	Electrical light illumination for kites flown at night	Jul 17, 1990
4958787	Kite	Sep 25, 1990
4969615	Delta squared kite	Nov 13, 1990
4981271	Stunt kite string winder	Jan 1, 1991
4981273	Air baffle for stunt kite and stunt kite	Jan 1, 1991
4988059	Large area single surface display kite	Jan 29, 1991
5000401	Kite	Mar 19, 1991
5000402	Kite illumination system	Mar 19, 1991
5072899	Kite accessory release device with dissolvable member	Dec 17, 1991
5183224	Self regulating pinwheel kite tail	Feb 2, 1993
5213269	Low cost, low pressure, feedback passage-free fluidic oscillator with interconnect	May 25, 1993
5234182	Kite	Aug 10, 1993
5251854	Two-sailed sport kite	Oct 12, 1993
5277350	Kite reel assembly	Jan 11, 1994
5288038	Kite	Feb 22, 1994
5322247	Quad-line kite	Jun 21, 1994
5328134	Dual-line or quad-line controlled kite	Jul 12, 1994
5352144	Wind activated toy	Oct 4, 1994
5366182	Kiteski	Nov 22, 1994

Working yet:

800926	(unknown)	Oct 1905
800927	(unknown)	Oct 1905
1326434	(unknown)	Dec 1919
2494430	(unknown)	Jan 1950
2632614	(unknown)	Mar 1953
2750136	(unknown)	Jun 1956
4715564	Chemiluminescent kite	Dec 29, 1987
4768739	Emergency warning and signaling system	Sep 6, 1988
4841155	Indicator arrangement for motor vehicles	Jun 20, 1989

Working yet:

3326392	(unknown)	Jun 1967
3933110	Plural-hull sailing craft and methods for sailing craft	Jan 20, 1976
3937166	Float connection assemblies for multi-hulled boats	Feb 10, 1976
4116151	Wind powered apparatus	Sep 26, 1978
4708078	Propulsive wing with inflatable armature	Nov 24, 1987
4756666	United sail windmill	Jul 12, 1988

Patent number: 4165468   Wind driven, high altitude power apparatus Charles M. Fry et al
Filing date: Mar 7, 1978
Issue date: Aug 21, 1979
 

Patent number: 2479473  Kite   Filing date: Oct 25, 1945    Issue date: Aug 1949

Patent number: 5149020  Tethered rotary kite      Filing date: Sep 26, 1991 Issue date: Sep 22, 1992

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3229517	Aerological mapping arrangement	January, 1966	Smith	244/33
4076190	Apparatus for extracting energy from winds at significant height above the surface	February, 1978	Lois	290/55
4084102	Wind driven, high altitude power apparatus	April, 1978	Fry et al.	244/33
4166596	Airship power turbine	September, 1979	Mouton, Jr. et al.	244/33
4285481	Multiple wind turbine tethered airfoil wind energy conversion system	August, 1981	Biscomb	290/55
4327296	Wave-powered motor	April, 1982	Weyers	290/42
4350896	Lighter than air wind energy conversion system utilizing an internal radial disk diffuser	September, 1982	Benoit	244/33

Underwater

United Kingdom 489139 July of 1938

3730643 Davison 1973
3887817 Steelman   1975

Device for indicating shoal water. Filed: February 3, 1883. Issued: August 7, 1883. US Patent 282620 http://www.google.com/patents?id=2MFMAAAAEBAJ
Ferdinand E. Forester of New York, NY.

Sift the data on http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/patents/index.html  for kite matters from the aviation sort.

AERIAL APPARATUS MATTHEW B. SELLERS  Filed 1907. US886159
 

 Collapsible Magnus-Effect Rotor  Patent number: 4401284 Filed: Mar 17, 1981 Issued: Aug 30, 1983.  Inventor: Kenneth A. Austin of England.

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WORKING: http://www.patent-de.com/20081120/dl3.html

By name:

• http://tinyurl.com/StephanWrangePATENTs
• Domina C. Jalbert
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Firefighting with kite systems?  One tool is described in a patent:
Electronic observation post with communications relay John E. Davis et al

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