494 patents
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Utility
Joint for connecting a wind turbine rotor blade to a rotor hub and associated method
3 May 22
A connecting joint for attaching a wind turbine blade to a rotor hub includes an insert configured to be coupled to the wind turbine blade.
Anton Bech
Filed: 9 Dec 16
Utility
Wind turbine with rotor locking system
3 May 22
A wind turbine (10) includes a main shaft (34) including a front end (34a), the front end (34a) including a first connecting structure (36).
Jeppe Hesseldal Otten, Thomas Møller Christiansen, Erik Markussen
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Tower damping in wind turbine power production
3 May 22
A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine.
Fabio Caponetti, Jesper Sandberg Thomsen
Filed: 4 Dec 18
Utility
Method and an assembly for handling wind turbine blades
3 May 22
A method for mounting a blade root of a blade on a blade flange of a wind turbine rotor, the method comprising:—attaching a control line between a hold structure at the blade flange and the blade root; —lifting the blade with a blade lifting crane while the blade root is guided towards the blade flange by use of said control line, and—connecting said blade root to said blade flange.
Ivar J. B. K. Jensen, Gunnar K. Storgaard Pedersen, Christian Skov Frederiksen
Filed: 4 Dec 17
Utility
Rotor blade for a wind turbine incorporating a lightning protection system
3 May 22
A rotor blade for a wind turbine comprising: an internal blade cavity defined by two opposing internal surfaces of two shells of the rotor blade; a receptor block forming part of a lightning protection system and disposed within the internal blade cavity; and a centralising device that spaces the receptor block from the two opposing internal surfaces of the shells such that the receptor block lies centrally within the internal blade cavity.
Chris Sutton
Filed: 7 Sep 18
Utility
Busbars in a stacking arrangement
3 May 22
Examples of the present disclosure generally relate to wind turbine blades configured to minimize or eliminate buildup of ice on the blades.
Luke Spandley, Paul Badger, Stephen Buggy
Filed: 29 Jun 17
Utility
Wind turbine and method of maintaining a wind turbine
3 May 22
Wind turbine installation (1) comprising a tower (2), a nacelle (3), —a liquid immersed power electrical device (6) having an expansion vessel (7), an air dehydrating breather (8) comprising a moisture absorbing agent (9), and a conduit (10) fluidly connecting the expansion vessel (7) and the air dehydrating breather (8), wherein the wind turbine installation (1) comprises a barrier (11) separating a restricted zone (12) from a non-restricted zone (13) in said wind turbine installation (1), wherein the electrical device (6) is located in the restricted zone (12), wherein the air dehydrating breather (8) is located in the non-restricted zone (12) and wherein the conduit (10) extends through the barrier (11) and a method of maintaining a wind turbine installation (1).
Jesper Hillebrandt
Filed: 6 Nov 19
Utility
Controlling a wind turbine using control outputs at certain time stages over a prediction horizon
26 Apr 22
The invention provides a method for controlling a wind turbine.
Jacob Deleuran Grunnet, Tobias Gybel Hovgaard
Filed: 1 Jun 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for monitoring a wind turbine
26 Apr 22
A method for monitoring a wind turbine comprises monitoring an acoustic signal and/or a vibrational signal within a tower of the wind turbine, analyzing the signal to identify one or more predetermined characteristic indicative of an event within the tower, recognizing the event has occurred based on the predetermined characteristic and generating an output based on the recognized event.
Johnny Nielsen, Lars Glavind
Filed: 11 Dec 18
Utility
Hose coupling
26 Apr 22
A pipe coupling includes a pipe branch, a hose, and a retainer.
Poul T. Tietze, Tommy Eschelund
Filed: 6 Dec 17
Utility
Constant torque control of a wind turbine using an energy storage system
19 Apr 22
A method for controlling a wind turbine is disclosed.
Julio Xavier Vianna Neto, Germán Claudio Tarnowski, Mads Blumensaat, Torben Petersen, Søren Dalsgaard
Filed: 8 Nov 18
Utility
Wind turbine powertrain connection
19 Apr 22
A powertrain for a wind turbine (100) comprises at least a first powertrain component (21, 22, 23, 26) and a second powertrain component (21, 22, 23, 26).
Lars Skifter
Filed: 11 Dec 18
Utility
Suspension arrangement for attaching components on a wall of a wind turbine tower
19 Apr 22
A suspension arrangement (7) for attachment to a support (2, 17) being made from a magnetisable material is disclosed.
Michael Christensen
Filed: 16 May 18
Utility
Automated tightening of bolts
5 Apr 22
The invention relates to a method for the controlled and automatic tensioning of bolts pre-installed in a flange joint between a hub and a main shaft in a nacelle of a wind turbine as well as to a bolt tensioning system for such method.
Pradeep Bosukonda, Per Sveigaard Mikkelsen, Tobias Østergaard Rossel
Filed: 26 Nov 18
Utility
Tower damping in wind turbine power production
5 Apr 22
A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine.
Fabio Caponetti, Jesper Sandberg Thomsen
Filed: 13 Dec 18
Utility
Model predictive control in local systems
5 Apr 22
A main computing system maintains and optimizes a predictive control model for an energy system, wherein the main computing system receives state information for the energy system, optimizes the predictive control model, and generates control rules for control of the energy system.
Tobias Gybel Hovgaard, Jacob Deleuran Grunnet
Filed: 3 Dec 18
Utility
Assembly for a wind turbine, and method of operating an assembly for a wind turbine
5 Apr 22
An assembly for a wind turbine, comprising a shaft extending within a main shaft housing.
Claus Hald Therkildsen, Anders Haslund Liingaard
Filed: 21 Aug 17
Utility
Method of controlling a wind turbine generator
29 Mar 22
A method for use in controlling a wind turbine generator of a wind power plant based on a condition of a power converter or a component forming part of a power converter in the wind power plant.
Gert Karmisholt Andersen, Lars Helle, Poul Møhl Dyrlund, Morteza Rabi, Duy Duc Doan
Filed: 5 Dec 18
Utility
Predicting wind turbine noise
29 Mar 22
A method 400 of predicting tonal noise produced by a wind turbine is disclosed.
Mranal Gupta, Janne-Pekka Yrjönen, Jan Johansen, Niels Christian M. Nielsen, Edgar Anahua, Kaj Dam Madsen, Jens Demtröder
Filed: 6 Sep 17
Utility
Relating to wind turbine rotor angle sensing systems
29 Mar 22
This application describes a method of detecting an error in a rotor angle sensing system of a wind turbine, where the wind turbine comprises a rotor including a plurality of wind turbine blades, a blade load sensor associated with a respective one of the wind turbine blades, and a rotor angle sensing system configured to output a rotor angle signal.
Fabio Caponetti, Kristian Kiib, Dan Hilton
Filed: 25 May 18