Patents by Inventor Alex Olesen

Alex Olesen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8747592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of repairing a fiber composite solid member having a locally deteriorated surface area, such as having cracks or creases. The solid member may e.g. be a mold for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades or such blades. The method comprises machining a surface section comprising the locally deteriorated surface area in order to obtain a recess having a predefined depth and circumferential shape, placing a repair patch having a predefined thickness and circumferential shape matching the recess in the recess, and fastening the repair patch to the solid member by use of a binder material. At least some of the elastic and thermal properties of the repair patch and the binder material are so that after fastening, the repair patch and the binder material in combination have elastic and thermal properties which are substantially the same as the corresponding properties of the surface section before machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Knud Nielsen Stenbaek, Alex Olesen, Henning Schröder
  • Publication number: 20110036482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of repairing a fibre composite solid member having a locally deteriorated surface area, such as having cracks or creases. The solid member may e.g. be a mould for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades or such blades. The method comprises machining a surface section comprising the locally deteriorated surface area in order to obtain a recess having a predefined depth and circumferential shape, placing a repair patch having a predefined thickness and circumferential shape matching the recess in the recess, and fastening the repair patch to the solid member by use of a binder material. At least some of the elastic and thermal properties of the repair patch and the binder material are so that after fastening, the repair patch and the binder material in combination have elastic and thermal properties which are substantially the same as the corresponding properties of the surface section before machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Knud Nielsen Stenbaek, Alex Olesen, Henning Schroder