Patents by Inventor Edward Way HARDWICKE, JR.

Edward Way HARDWICKE, JR. 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).

  • System and method for reducing loads during an idling or parked state of a wind turbine via yaw offset
    Patent number: 10871144
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via a turbine controller, a rotor blade of the wind turbine for faults. If a fault is detected, the method includes determining an operational status of the wind turbine. If a predetermined operational status is present at the same time the fault is present, the method also include actively yawing a nacelle of the wind turbine away from an incoming wind direction until either the fault is corrected or cleared and/or the operational status changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Santiago Tomas, Jeffrey Alan Melius, Ramy Michael Souri, Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Edward Way Hardwicke, Jr., Darren John Danielsen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LOADS DURING AN IDLING OR PARKED STATE OF A WIND TURBINE VIA YAW OFFSET
    Publication number: 20180347542
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing loads of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via a turbine controller, a rotor blade of the wind turbine for faults. If a fault is detected, the method includes determining an operational status of the wind turbine. If a predetermined operational status is present at the same time the fault is present, the method also include actively yawing a nacelle of the wind turbine away from an incoming wind direction until either the fault is corrected or cleared and/or the operational status changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Santiago TOMAS, Jeffrey Alan MELIUS, Ramy Michael SOURI, Jignesh Govindlal GANDHI, Edward Way HARDWICKE, JR., Darren John DANIELSEN