to increase the structural integrity the torque generating elements namely the rotor blades are not directly attached to the shaft but rather they attach to the round top and bottom rotor cage plates through which torque forces generated can be transferred to the shaft the unique design of an open cover on the top of the wind or water turbine allows wind or water from the direction above the turbine to be harnessed the top shield structure has created a calm wind or water area between the shield and the top of the rotor cage that helps reduce turbidity and greatly facilitates wind or water exhaust from the system application_number US 78996101 A description the following descriptions and referenced drawings are for selected preferred embodiments of the present invention naturally changes may be made to the disclosed embodiments while still falling within the scope and spirit of the present invention and the patent granted to its inventor as can be seen from the drawings the basic concepts of the present invention may be embodied in many different ways fig1 and 1a show the preferred embodiment of the wind turbine 8 having a shaft 1 that is turned by rotor blades 2 that are attached to a top rotor cage plate 3 and bottom rotor cage plate 4 then drive an energy transfer element 11 and.