Patents by Inventor Bernadette ZIPFEL

Bernadette ZIPFEL 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: 11286636
    Abstract: A foundation for an offshore structure is disclosed. The foundation includes a tower having an anchoring portion anchored in the seabed and a connecting portion arranged at the opposite end. The foundation also includes a power generation system arranged above the water surface connected to the connecting portion of the tower. A natural frequency of the offshore structure lies below an excitation component one times the rotational frequency 1P of at least one exciting component. The foundation also includes at least one restoring element connected to the tower via one or more transition pieces. The restoring element is designed such that, in a skewed position of the tower, tensile and/or compressive forces can be transferred to the tower by means of the restoring element such that the tower can be straightened up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: innogy SE
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Bernadette Zipfel
  • Patent number: 11066800
    Abstract: The invention relates to an offshore installation, comprising an underwater foundation structure, a construction placed onto the foundation structure, a docking device for a boat, and a device for cathodic corrosion protection for the underwater foundation structure, said device having at least two anodes (2), which are arranged at a distance from each other and are each fastened to a beam (4) or a support of the foundation structure, the extension arms or the supports being connected directly to the foundation structure below the waterline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INNOGY SE
    Inventors: Benjamin Matlock, Bernadette Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20200378082
    Abstract: The invention relates to an offshore installation, comprising an underwater foundation structure, a construction placed onto the foundation structure, a docking device for a boat, and a device for cathodic corrosion protection for the underwater foundation structure, said device having at least two anodes (2), which are arranged at a distance from each other and are each fastened to a beam (4) or a support of the foundation structure, the extension arms or the supports being connected directly to the foundation structure below the waterline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: INNOGY SE
    Inventors: Benjamin Matlock, Bernadette Zipfel
  • Patent number: 10738765
    Abstract: An offshore wind turbine, having a supporting structure, having a nacelle, having a rotor, having an interior space, having at least one access opening, and having a means of ascent, such as a ladder, a staircase or the like, wherein the supporting structure has a tower and a foundation structure, wherein the tower supports the nacelle and the rotor, wherein the access opening is configured as an access for people to the interior space, wherein the means of ascent is arranged in the interior space, wherein the means of ascent is assigned to the access opening, and wherein no external work platform is arranged between the foundation structure and the access opening, as viewed along a vertical extent of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INNOGY SE
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Joerg Johannes Weber, Bernadette Zipfel, Oliver Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20200240102
    Abstract: A foundation for an offshore structure is disclosed. The foundation includes a tower having an anchoring portion anchored in the seabed and a connecting portion arranged at the opposite end. The foundation also includes a power generation system arranged above the water surface connected to the connecting portion of the tower. A natural frequency of the offshore structure lies below an excitation component one times the rotational frequency 1P of at least one exciting component. The foundation also includes at least one restoring element connected to the tower via one or more transition pieces. The restoring element is designed such that, in a skewed position of the tower, tensile and/or compressive forces can be transferred to the tower by means of the restoring element such that the tower can be straightened up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Bernadette Zipfel
  • Publication number: 20190234379
    Abstract: An offshore wind turbine, having a supporting structure, having a nacelle, having a rotor, having an interior space, having at least one access opening, and having a means of ascent, such as a ladder, a staircase or the like, wherein the supporting structure has a tower and a foundation structure, wherein the tower supports the nacelle and the rotor, wherein the access opening is configured as an access for people to the interior space, wherein the means of ascent is arranged in the interior space, wherein the means of ascent is assigned to the access opening, and wherein no external work platform is arranged between the foundation structure and the access opening, as viewed along a vertical extent of the supporting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel BARTMINN, Joerg Johannes WEBER, Bernadette ZIPFEL, Oliver HEINRICH