Patents by Inventor Florian Doorenspleet

Florian Doorenspleet 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).

  • Rotor assembly for a wind turbine and method of assembling the same
    Patent number: 8714928
    Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided that includes a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation. The assembly also includes a plurality of rotor blades spaced circumferentially about the hub. Each of said rotor blades extends from a blade root to a blade tip such that said plurality of blades are rotatable through a plane of rotation extending about said axis of rotation, said plane of rotation is defined as substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, wherein each of said blade roots is coupled to said hub, wherein each of said blade tips is offset a distance upstream from said plane of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Morgan Jacobsen, Florian Doorenspleet
  • System, device, and method for acoustic and visual monitoring of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 8041540
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a wind turbine. A monitoring signal, including an audio signal and/or an image signal, is received from a monitoring device. Operating data are calculated based on the received monitoring signal. An operating condition and/or a deviation is determined by comparing the operating data to baseline data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lutz Kerber, Florian Doorenspleet
  • SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC AND VISUAL MONITORING OF A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20110135442
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a wind turbine. A monitoring signal, including an audio signal and/or an image signal, is received from a monitoring device. Operating data are calculated based on the received monitoring signal. An operating condition and/or a deviation is determined by comparing the operating data to baseline data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Lutz Kerber, Florian Doorenspleet
  • ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090304513
    Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided that includes a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation. The assembly also includes a plurality of rotor blades spaced circumferentially about the hub. Each of said rotor blades extends from a blade root to a blade tip such that said plurality of blades are rotatable through a plane of rotation extending about said axis of rotation, said plane of rotation is defined as substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, wherein each of said blade roots is coupled to said hub, wherein each of said blade tips is offset a distance upstream from said plane of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Morgan Jacobsen, Florian Doorenspleet
  • Rotor blade for a wind turbine
    Patent number: 7517194
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided, wherein the rotor blade has radial bores in a wall of a blade root portion, the radial bores being staggered in a longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, and longitudinal bores in the wall of the blade root portion, wherein each of the longitudinal bores extends from a blade flange to a corresponding radial bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Florian Doorenspleet, Rainer Arelt, Enno Eyb
  • ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20070253819
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided, wherein the rotor blade has radial bores in a wall of a blade root portion, the radial bores being staggered in a longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, and longitudinal bores in the wall of the blade root portion, wherein each of the longitudinal bores extends from a blade flange to a corresponding radial bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Florian Doorenspleet, Rainer Arelt, Enno Eyb