Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110123320 | Arrangement with a Nacelle and with an Instrument - An arrangement with a nacelle and with at least one instrument of a wind turbine is disclosed. The instrument is connected with a rod. A channel penetrates the wall of the nacelle. The channel interacts with the rod in a way that the rod and its assigned instrument are moved through the channel between a first and a second position. The instrument is positioned inside the nacelle at the first position for installation and/or service purposes, while the instrument is positioned outside the nacelle at the second position for operation purposes of the instrument. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123333 | Arrangement with a nacelle and a radiator arrangement - A radiator arrangement is arranged on a nacelle of a wind turbine via a sliding arrangement. The sliding arrangement is constructed and arranged in a way that the radiator arrangement is allowed to change its position in reference to the nacelle between a first position and a second position. The radiator arrangement allows service from inside the nacelle if the radiator arrangement is the first position and the radiator arrangement transfers heat in its second position. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123338 | Brake System with Expansion Absorbing Means, Generator and Wind Turbine - A brake system comprising a brake disc is disclosed. The brake system comprises at least one flexible portion. The at least one flexible portion is configured for compensating expansion of the brake disc and/or absorbing the expansion of the brake disc. The brake system is especially for a wind turbine generator. | 05-26-2011 |
20110217168 | Method of attaching a load sensor to a surface of a rotor blade and rotor blade - A method of attaching a load sensor comprising a support with a number of strain gauges on a surface of a rotor blade is proposed. The method comprises the steps of producing a set of holes with a predefined distance between the holes. Threaded inserts are provided in the holes. Bolts are inserted through the load sensor into the threaded inserts. A rotor blade with a load sensor is also proposed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110221194 | Rotational Speed Control of a Wind Turbine Based on Rotor Acceleration - It is described a method for controlling the rotational speed of a rotor of a wind turbine in particular at high wind speeds. The described method comprises (a) determining a rotor acceleration value, wherein the rotor acceleration value is caused by a temporal change of the rotational speed of the rotor, and (b) controlling the rotational speed of the rotor as a function of the rotor acceleration value. It is further described a control system for controlling the rotational speed of a rotor of a wind turbine, a wind turbine being equipped with such a control system and to a computer program, which is adapted for controlling and/or for carrying out the mentioned rotational speed control method. | 09-15-2011 |
20120230830 | ARRANGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE SURFACE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE - An arrangement to improve a surface of a wind turbine blade is proposed. A plastic tape is arranged at a specific location of the blade to reinforce the blade surface there. The plastic tape shows a sandwich structure with at least two layers. The plastic tape has a first layer, which has a carbon fiber. The carbon fiber is used for reinforcement purposes of the plastic tape. The plastic tape has a second layer on a first side of the plastic tape, which is connected with the first layer. The second layer has a pure thermoplastic fluoropolymer. | 09-13-2012 |
20120263592 | Method for measuring the wind direction in the wake of a wind turbine rotor - A method for measuring the wind direction signal of a wind turbine is described. The wind direction signal is measured in the wake of a wind turbine rotor. The measured wind direction signal is sorted using at least one sorting parameter. The sorted wind direction signal can be optimised using at least one optimising parameter. | 10-18-2012 |
20130050400 | Arrangement and Method to Prevent a Collision of a Flying Animal with a Wind Turbine - An arrangement and method to prevent a collision of a flying animal with a wind turbine is provided. A camera-system is arranged at the wind turbine and the camera-system generate images of the environment of the wind turbine. An evaluation system is coupled with the camera-system and the evaluation system evaluates the images to detect a flying animal within the environment of the wind turbine. A warning system is coupled with the evaluation system and the warning system generates a warning signal if the flying animal is detected by the evaluation system. The camera-system is configured to generate at least panoramic images of the wind turbine environment for the evaluation. | 02-28-2013 |
20130108454 | ROTOR BLADE | 05-02-2013 |
20130195661 | FIXATION OF A HEATING MAT TO A BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - A blade for a wind turbine includes at least one heating mat for generating heat, wherein the heating mat is mounted at an outer surface of the blade. The blade further includes at least one through-hole running from an inner space of the blade to the outer surface of the blade. The blade further has at least one conductive element, wherein the conductive element is electrically coupled to the heating mat. The conductive element is inserted in the through-hole for generating an electric connection between the inner space and the outer surface. | 08-01-2013 |
20130241117 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE BY MOLDING - A method of manufacturing a component by molding is provided. A mold has a mold surface representing a negative image of the component. The mold has openings in the mold surface. Flow channels extending from the openings in the mold surface and are connectable to a suction device. Further, the mold has a periphery delimiting the mold surface. A bag is fixed to the periphery of the mold. The bag is inflated to a pressure level above ambient pressure. The pressure is released from the bag while sucking the bag to the mold surface using the suction device. Fabrics are layered onto the bag while the bag is kept sucked to the mold surface. Resin is introduced into the fabrics and then the resin is cured. | 09-19-2013 |
20140147279 | BRAKE SYSTEM WITH EXPANSION ABSORBING MEANS, GENERATOR AND WIND TURBINE - A brake system which includes rotor assembly and a brake disc is disclosed. The brake system is arranged to rotate around an axis of rotation. The brake disk includes at least one flexible portion. The at least one flexible portion is configured for absorbing the expansion of the brake disc. | 05-29-2014 |
20140314580 | WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine including a load carrying component made of or at least comprising a fibre-reinforced composite material is provided. The wind turbine also includes a stator endplate or rotor endplate of a direct drive generator where in the stator endplate or rotor endplate is made of or includes a fibre reinforced composite material. | 10-23-2014 |