Patents by Inventor Maik NITSCHE

Maik NITSCHE 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: 20240060473
    Abstract: A method for setting a fully or partially built wind power installation having a rotor having a plurality of rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted, wherein the wind power installation can take on variable operating situations, and each operating situation is characterized by a combination of settable installation settings of the wind power installation and environmental conditions that can be captured, with the result that an operating situation can be set for given environmental conditions by setting the installation settings, and operating situations that should be avoided and/or suitable operating situations are stored in a memory by storing a combination of environmental conditions and installation settings as a combination to be avoided for an operating situation that should be avoided in each case, and/or storing a combination of environmental conditions and installation settings as a suitable combination for a suitable operating situation in each case, and, to avoid operating situations that s
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Giesler, Philip Strauch, Frank Zimmermann, Maik Nitsche, Harro Harms
  • Patent number: 11441538
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a tower, an aerodynamic rotor operable at a variable rotor speed and having a plurality of rotor blades each having an adjustable rotor blade setting angle and a generator for generating an electrical output power. An operating characteristic curve is prespecified for operating the wind turbine. The operating characteristic curve indicates a relationship between the rotor speed and the output power. A controller is provided, which sets the output power in accordance with the operating characteristic curve depending on the rotor speed. The the operating characteristic curve has a starting rotation speed to which the rotor speed increases as soon as the wind turbine starts when a sufficient wind speed is reached. The starting rotation speed is defined depending on a tower natural frequency of the wind turbine and/or depending on a detected turbulence measure of the prevailing wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Messing, Mustafa Onur Kimilli, Frank Zimmermann, Maik Nitsche, Matthias Giesler
  • Publication number: 20200340448
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a tower, an aerodynamic rotor operable at a variable rotor speed and having a plurality of rotor blades each having an adjustable rotor blade setting angle and a generator for generating an electrical output power. An operating characteristic curve is prespecified for operating the wind turbine. The operating characteristic curve indicates a relationship between the rotor speed and the output power. A controller is provided, which sets the output power in accordance with the operating characteristic curve depending on the rotor speed. The the operating characteristic curve has a starting rotation speed to which the rotor speed increases as soon as the wind turbine starts when a sufficient wind speed is reached. The starting rotation speed is defined depending on a tower natural frequency of the wind turbine and/or depending on a detected turbulence measure of the prevailing wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf MESSING, Mustafa Onur KIMILLI, Frank ZIMMERMANN, Maik NITSCHE, Matthias GIESLER
  • Publication number: 20200158083
    Abstract: A coupling element prepared for fastening between a oscillatory body and a tower wall of a tower of a wind turbine in order to influence relative motion between the oscillatory body and the tower wall in order to thereby influence vibration behavior of the tower, comprising a first fastening section for fastening to the oscillatory body and a second fastening section for fastening to the tower wall in order to establish mechanical coupling between the oscillatory body and the tower wall via the coupling element, the coupling permitting relative motion between the oscillatory body and the tower wall, and the relative motion having a first motion direction, in the case of which the first and second fastening sections move toward each other, and a second motion direction, in the case of which the first and second fastening sections move away from each other, and the coupling element having a spring element for spring-elastic coupling between the first and second fastening sections, the spring-elastic coupling be
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Maik NITSCHE, Alexander BÜSCHEL, Jörg SCHÜLLER, Steffen RÖTHEL