Patents by Inventor Dmitry Floryovych Opaits

Dmitry Floryovych Opaits 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).

  • Apparatus and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 10132290
    Abstract: A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dmitry Floryovych Opaits, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Stephen Bertram Johnson, Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Fulton Jose Lopez, Daniel Jason Erno, Robert Michael Zirin, Anurag Gupta
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20160040650
    Abstract: A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Dmitry Floryovych Opaits, Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Grover Andrew Bennett, Matthew Patrick Boespflug, Stephen Bertram Johnson, Peggy Lynn Baehmann, Fulton Jose Lopez, Daniel Jason Erno, Robert Michael Zirin, Anurag Gupta