Patents by Inventor Jan Kapitza

Jan Kapitza 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: 11988004
    Abstract: A method for, in particular completely or partially, disassembling a tower of a wind power plant, comprising the following steps: selecting suitable disassembly measures as a function of the tower location and the tower characteristics; preparing the disassembly, in particular of the tower and optionally the surroundings; carrying out the disassembly; and transporting the disassembled tower away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Hofmann, Jan Kapitza
  • Publication number: 20220251866
    Abstract: A method for, in particular completely or partially, disassembling a tower of a wind power plant, comprising the following steps: selecting suitable disassembly measures as a function of the tower location and the tower characteristics; preparing the disassembly, in particular of the tower and optionally the surroundings; carrying out the disassembly; and transporting the disassembled tower away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Jens HOFMANN, Jan KAPITZA
  • Publication number: 20190309532
    Abstract: A supply scaffold for arranging in the interior of a tower, in particular in the interior of a tower of a wind power installation, and to a scaffold module for a supply scaffold of said type, and to a tower having a supply scaffold of said type, and to a wind power installation having a tower having a supply scaffold of said type. A method for erecting and/or operating a supply scaffold, and to a method for erecting a tower. The supply scaffold comprises multiple scaffold modules which are arranged one above the other and which are connected to one another, wherein, in the operational state of the supply scaffold, a first scaffold module is formed as a floor module which is arranged so as to stand on a floor, in particular a floor of the tower or a base platform of the tower, and wherein a further scaffold module is formed as a core module, which is arranged on the floor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf BUCK, Jan KAPITZA, Rene MEINECKE
  • Patent number: 9534416
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a lifting apparatus, in particular a cross lifting beam, for lifting a first pylon segment of a concrete pylon of a wind power installation by means of a crane, including at least one fixing means for fixing the pylon segment to the lifting apparatus, and at least one release apparatus for releasing a connection between the lifting apparatus and the pylon segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann van Ohlen, Norbert Holscher, Michael Honczek, Jan Kapitza, Ralf Buck
  • Patent number: 9533428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a tower segment of a concrete tower of a wind energy installation, comprising the steps: providing a segment mold having at least one formwork for defining a mold of the tower segment that is to be produced and for filling with concrete; filling the segment mold with concrete in order to form the tower segment by the subsequent hardening of the concrete; measuring the tower segment thus hardened for creating a three-dimensional, virtual actual model of said tower segment; producing said three-dimensional actual model; comparing the three-dimensional actual model with a predefined mold, in particular a stored three-dimensional, virtual target model; and determining a deviation between both virtual models and changing the segment mold, in particular changing the at least one formwork when the deviation exceeds a first predefined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Kapitza, Karsten Albers, Gunther Horn
  • Publication number: 20160069099
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a lifting apparatus, in particular a cross lifting beam, for lifting a first pylon segment of a concrete pylon of a wind power installation by means of a crane, including at least one fixing means for fixing the pylon segment to the lifting apparatus, and at least one release apparatus for releasing a connection between the lifting apparatus and the pylon segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann van Ohlen, Norbert Holscher, Michael Honczek, Jan Kapitza, Ralf Buck
  • Patent number: 8844237
    Abstract: A wind power plant tower segment is provided. The tower segment is designed as a jacket segment and comprises a reinforced concrete body, comprising two faces for attaching to faces of at least one further tower segment. In the region of each face, at least one connecting body is introduced in the reinforced concrete body and anchored therein for connecting to a connecting body of an adjoining tower segment. The connecting body comprises a fastening wall that is disposed substantially parallel to the respective face for absorbing a tensile load that is directed transversely to the face and transversely to the fastening wall. A wind power installation pylon having a plurality of such pylon segments, a wind power installation having a corresponding pylon, and a process for the production of a plurality of pylon segments is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Kapitza, Panos Papadopoulos, Norbert Hölscher
  • Publication number: 20140208665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a tower segment of a concrete tower of a wind energy installation, comprising the steps: providing a segment mold having at least one formwork for defining a mold of the tower segment that is to be produced and for filling with concrete; filling the segment mold with concrete in order to form the tower segment by the subsequent hardening of the concrete; measuring the tower segment thus hardened for creating a three-dimensional, virtual actual model of said tower segment; producing said three-dimensional actual model; comparing the three-dimensional actual model with a predefined mold, in particular a stored three-dimensional, virtual target model; and determining a deviation between both virtual models and changing the segment mold, in particular changing the at least one formwork when the deviation exceeds a first predefined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Kapitza, Karsten Albers, Gunther Horn
  • Publication number: 20130025229
    Abstract: A wind power plant tower segment is provided. The tower segment is designed as a jacket segment and comprises a reinforced concrete body, comprising two faces for attaching to faces of at least one further tower segment. In the region of each face, at least one connecting body is introduced in the reinforced concrete body and anchored therein for connecting to a connecting body of an adjoining tower segment. The connecting body comprises a fastening wall that is disposed substantially parallel to the respective face for absorbing a tensile load that is directed transversely to the face and transversely to the fastening wall. A wind power installation pylon having a plurality of such pylon segments, a wind power installation having a corresponding pylon, and a process for the production of a plurality of pylon segments is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Jan Kapitza, Panos Papadopoulos, Norbert Hölscher