WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE

Abstract: various implementations include a low-drag smart tether system for measuring fluid speed and direction. the system includes a sleeve, a pressure sensor, and a tether. the sleeve has a longitudinal axis and an airfoil shaped cross-section as viewed in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. the sleeve has a leading edge. the sleeve defines a tether opening extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. the pressure sensor is disposed along a surface of the sleeve. the pressure sensor is configured to measure the pressure exerted on the pressure sensor by air moving over the surface of the sleeve. the tether extends through the tether opening defined by the sleeve. the tether has a tether longitudinal axis. the tether opening is positioned such that fluid flowing around the sleeve causes the sleeve to rotate about the tether longitudinal axis.

Inventor(s): Marcelo DAPINO, Leon HEADINGS

CPC Classification: G01P5/14 (MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow , ; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles ; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed ; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying ; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement ; measuring velocity of sound ; measuring velocity of light ; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, ; measuring speed of nuclear radiation ; measuring acceleration of gravity ; {measuring or recording the speed of trains ; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles ; measuring frequency or phase ; traffic control }))

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