PLTW Engineering
£1.3 Patent Summary Sheet
Instructions
In your engineering notebook or on the atfached form document each patent you find
rolatod lo the major project problem you have identified. Your instructor may want you fo
print or partially print the related patent.
Source (APA format):
Calabro, D. 2017. U.S. Pueat No, 20170202500, Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Patent Number:
20170292500
Patent Summary:
‘This is a mult-source generator system that can generate electricity using one or more of
wind power, hydropower, mechanical power, and solar power. The power sources can be
individually selectod and attachod and thon activated to gonorate electricity
Patent Critique:
This patont is able to run off of multiple sources of power, such as wind and hydro power.
This means that even thaugh the machine isn't cheap to make, it can use all sources of
power respectively so it doesn’t need to be cheap.
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