Patents by Inventor Jürgen Rinck

Jürgen Rinck 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).

  • Publication number: 20210115893
    Abstract: A connection between portions of a rotor blade of the rotor of a wind power plant, the rotor blade being divided transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the rotor blade has a hollow wing profile having a wall shell on the negative-pressure side and a wall shell on the positive-pressure side, as well as a spar which in the cavity between the wall shells runs in the blade longitudinal direction and which is connected to the wall shells by way of stringer parts of the spar that face the wall shells. The stringer parts of the spar of the rotor blade portions in a connection region are enlarged while forming mutually opposite abutment faces. Recesses for receiving connection elements that project from the opposite abutment face open in at least one of the abutment faces and the connection elements are anchored in a materially integral manner in the receptacle recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Jürgen RINCK
  • Patent number: 10563419
    Abstract: A tower for a wind power plant, including a tower section having multiple structural support elements which, arranged horizontally next one another, form part of an outer wall of the tower. The wall elements that are arranged directly next to one another are rigidly interconnected via horizontal end sections of the wall elements and not—or only in certain sections—via vertical edges of the wall elements. Expediently, the vertical edges of the wall elements, which are in each case arranged directly adjacent to one another, are arranged entirely or in certain sections at a distance from one another in the horizontal direction. A connection element, preferably a flange, is formed on each of the horizontal end sections for connecting the wall elements to a substrate, to other wall elements of a further tower section, to a tower head supporting a wind turbine, and/or to an adapter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: VENSYS ENERGY AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Rinck
  • Publication number: 20180202182
    Abstract: A tower for a wind power plant, including a tower section having multiple structural support elements which, arranged horizontally next one another, form part of an outer wall of the tower. The wall elements that are arranged directly next to one another are rigidly interconnected via horizontal end sections of the wall elements and not—or only in certain sections—via vertical edges of the wall elements. Expediently, the vertical edges of the wall elements, which are in each case arranged directly adjacent to one another, are arranged entirely or in certain sections at a distance from one another in the horizontal direction. A connection element, preferably a flange, is formed on each of the horizontal end sections for connecting the wall elements to a substrate, to other wall elements of a further tower section, to a tower head supporting a wind turbine, and/or to an adapter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Jürgen RINCK
  • Patent number: 8684693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adjusting the angle of attack of a rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising a flexible clad drive train that can be moved by a driving wheel, wherein the rotor blade can be rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof by said drive train in opposite directions. According to the invention, the clad drive train can be moved only in a single plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the driving wheel and engages on a pivot bearing ring forming an end piece of the rotor blade, and the driving wheel is connected to a motor/transmission unit, which is mounted on the hub of the rotor blade, for the individual adjustment of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vensys Energy AG
    Inventors: Andreas Mascioni, Jürgen Rinck
  • Patent number: 7987579
    Abstract: A method for mounting permanent magnets that form magnetic poles on a permanent magnet support surface of the rotor of an electric machine includes the steps of forming a mold by the placement of a mold part against the support surface in such a way that the mold cavity of the mold is bounded on one side by the support surface inserting a permanent magnet into the mold so that the inserted permanent magnet is held in the mold in a desired position with respect to the support surface, and filling the mold with a thermosetting adhesive in such that the adhesive bonds the permanent magnet with the support surface and completely fills any spaces formed between the permanent magnet and the wall of the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Vensys Energy AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Rinck, Axel Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20110014047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for adjusting the angle of attack of a rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising a flexible clad drive train that can be moved by a driving wheel, wherein the rotor blade can be rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof by said drive train in opposite directions. According to the invention, the clad drive train can be moved only in a single plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the driving wheel and engages on a pivot bearing ring forming an end piece of the rotor blade, and the driving wheel is connected to a motor/transmission unit, which is mounted on the hub of the rotor blade, for the individual adjustment of the rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: VENSYS ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Mascioni, Jürgen Rinck