Patents by Inventor Joachim Nitzpon

Joachim Nitzpon 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: 20240060477
    Abstract: A method is for operating a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a nacelle including a nacelle component, in particular a rotor bearing, and a nacelle air flow influencing unit. The nacelle air flow influencing unit is configured to influence an air flow entering, flowing through and/or exiting the nacelle. The method includes: determining an operating condition of the nacelle component, determining a cooling demand of the nacelle component dependent on the determined operating condition of the nacelle component, controlling an operation of the nacelle air flow influencing unit dependent on the cooling demand of the nacelle component to adapt the air flow to the cooling demand of the nacelle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Harich, Joachim Nitzpon, Florian Adler, Moritz Dreher, Björn Albertsen
  • Patent number: 8753245
    Abstract: A wind energy plant comprising a gearbox with a gearbox housing, a rotor hub mounted outside of the gearbox and a satellite carrier in the gearbox housing, the satellite carrier having an input side and an output side. At the input side, the satellite carrier is only connected to the rotor hub and mounted in the gearbox housing without a bearing. At the output side, the satellite carrier is mounted in the gearbox housing via a torque bearing arranged in the gearbox housing on the output side of satellite carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Publication number: 20130231209
    Abstract: A wind energy plant comprising a gearbox with a gearbox housing, a rotor hub mounted outside of the gearbox and a satellite carrier in the gearbox housing, the satellite carrier having an input side and an output side. At the input side, the satellite carrier is only connected to the rotor hub and mounted in the gearbox housing without a bearing. At the output side, the satellite carrier is mounted in the gearbox housing via a torque bearing arranged in the gearbox housing on the output side of satellite carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 8409049
    Abstract: A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier, which is connected to a rotor shaft or a rotor hub at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing, wherein the bearing is arranged in the gearbox housing at the output side of the satellite carrier, and a torque bearing is provided as the bearing for the satellite carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 8308436
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a gearbox in a wind energy plant, which gearbox is supported on a bearing structure of the wind energy plant by way of a torque support, wherein the torque support is mounted via at least one uncoupling element, which is arranged between torque support and bearing structure, wherein the torque support features at least one support body and an hydraulic apparatus with at least one hydraulic cylinder, by way of which the position of the support body is adjustable with respect to the bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 8287240
    Abstract: A wind energy plant and method for installing a rotor hub on a rotor shaft. At the end of the rotor shaft facing the rotor hub, a locking disk is attached on the rotor shaft, which has a multiplicity of bores for the preliminary attachment of the rotor hub, for installing it, the rotor hub is made to sit close to the locking disk, if required, the bores in the locking disk are made to overlap with corresponding bores in the rotor hub by rotating the rotor shaft and/or the rotor hub, starting from the rotor shaft side, the rotor hub is preliminarily screwed together with the locking disk through the bores of the locking disk and of the rotor hub, and starting from the interior space of the rotor hub, the rotor hub is definitely screwed together with the locking disk and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 8172535
    Abstract: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is coupled to a gear via a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being double bearing mounted via one rotor side bearing and one gear side bearing, wherein a connection between the rotor shaft and gear is provided at the gear side of the gear side bearing, and the gear side bearing props up on a machine carrier via at least one supporting equipment and the gear is detachably connected with the supporting equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 8169095
    Abstract: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterized in that each taper roller bearing has an inner and an outer race, wherein the inner races and the outer races are secured in their distance to each other in the axial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor shaft via an adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Matthias Zähr, Viktor Nickel
  • Patent number: 7866946
    Abstract: A method for operating a device to vary a blade setting angle on a rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising two variable drives each per rotor blade, a bearing element acting between the rotor blade and rotor hub which has a freely rotatable bearing ring, wherein the method has the following process steps: setting the bearing ring into a permanent rotation by a first drive, and adjusting the setting angle of the rotor blade by a second drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 7834476
    Abstract: A method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant, wherein the wind energy plant has an operation management which can control at least one operational variable B significant for the strain of the drive train component to a desired value BS, wherein after starting up the drive train component, the desired value BS is limited by a maximum value BMax, which is preset depending on a yield value W which describes the yield of the wind energy plant achieved since starting up the drive train component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Hauke Karstens, Ulrich Harms
  • Patent number: 7809477
    Abstract: A method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage, wherein the wind energy plant has a gearbox in the drive train and an operation management which can control at least one operational variable significant for the strain of the gearbox B of the wind energy plant to a desired value BSoll, wherein after the operation stoppage, the desired value BSoll is limited by a maximum value BMax, which is preset depending on a measured temperature of a gearbox component and/or of a lubricant for the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Hauke Karstens, Ulrich Harms
  • Publication number: 20100215497
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a gearbox in a wind energy plant, which gearbox is supported on a bearing structure of the wind energy plant by way of a torque support, wherein the torque support is mounted via at least one uncoupling element, which is arranged between torque support and bearing structure, wherein the torque support features at least one support body and an hydraulic apparatus with at least one hydraulic cylinder, by way of which the position of the support body is adjustable with respect to the bearing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: NORDEX ENERGY GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 7694473
    Abstract: A wind energy plant tower with a tower portion made of a concrete material and a steel-made tubular tower segment, which has on its foot a plurality of connection bores for the connection to the tower portion made of the concrete material, wherein the tower portion made of the concrete material has a head portion with a plurality of openings and a plurality of anchor bolts are provided, which can be fastened after the completion of the tower portion made of the concrete material each at a time in or on one of the connection bores on the foot of the steel-made tower segment and one of the openings in the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Jakubowski, Joachim Nitzpon
  • Publication number: 20100026005
    Abstract: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterised in that each taper roller bearing has an inner and an outer race, wherein the inner races and the outer races are secured in their distance to each other in the axial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor shaft via an adjustment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Matthias Zahr, Viktor Nickel
  • Publication number: 20100028153
    Abstract: The present invention is related to method for installing a rotor hub on a rotor shaft of a wind energy plant, in which the following steps are consecutively performed: at the end of the rotor shaft (10) facing the rotor hub (12), a locking disk (18) is attached on the rotor shaft (10), which has a multiplicity of bores for the preliminary attachment of the rotor hub (12), for installing it, the rotor hub (12) is made to sit close to the locking disk (18), if required, the bores in the locking disk (18) are made to overlap with corresponding bores in the rotor hub (12) by rotating the rotor shaft (10) and/or the rotor hub (12), starting from the rotor shaft side, the rotor hub (12) is preliminarily screwed together with the locking disk (18) through the bores of the locking disk (18) and of the rotor hub (12), and starting from the interior space (42) of the rotor hub, the rotor hub (12) is definitely screwed together with the locking disk (18) and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Patent number: 7649277
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator, a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor shaft and generator shaft, and a drive unit, wherein before connecting the synchronous generator to the electric grid, the drive unit drives the synchronous generator until the same has reached its rated rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Thomas-Paul Woldmann
  • Patent number: 7595566
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor and generator, and the gear ratio of which is adjusted by a control unit, characterised in that a mode of operation is provided in which the generator is connected to the electric grid, and the generator shaft is uncoupled from the rotor shaft via the superimposition gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Thomas Paul Woldmann
  • Publication number: 20090023544
    Abstract: A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier, which is connected to a rotor shaft or a rotor hub at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing, wherein the bearing is arranged in the gearbox housing at the output side of the satellite carrier, and a slew bearing is provided as the bearing for the satellite carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Nitzpon
  • Publication number: 20090001723
    Abstract: A method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage, wherein the wind energy plant has a gearbox in the drive train and an operation management which can control at least one operational variable significant for the strain of the gearbox B of the wind energy plant to a desired value BSoll, wherein after the operation stoppage, the desired value BSoll is limited by a maximum value BMax, which is preset depending on a measured temperature of a gearbox component and/or of a lubricant for the gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Hauke Karstens, Ulrich Harms
  • Publication number: 20090005909
    Abstract: A method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant, wherein the wind energy plant has an operation management which can control at least one operational variable B significant for the strain of the drive train component to a desired value Bsoll, wherein after starting up the drive train component, the desired value Bsoll is limited by a maximum value BMax, which is preset depending on a yield value W which describes the yield of the wind energy plant achieved since starting up the drive train component,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Hauke Karstens, Ulrich Harms