Patents by Inventor Michael Houllind Jensen

Michael Houllind Jensen 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: 7834472
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, said method comprising the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and monitoring at least one physical work property of at least one component of said wind turbine. Further, the method controls the pitch of one or more wind turbine blades of said wind turbine in order too keep said least one physical work property below at least one predefined limit in a time period of said malfunction. The invention also relates to a control system for a wind turbine connected and supplying electric power to a utility grid as well as a wind turbine and park hereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Anders Varming Rebsdorf, Michael Houllind Jensen
  • Publication number: 20080150282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, said method comprising the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and monitoring at least one physical work property of at least one component of said wind turbine. Further, the method controls the pitch of one or more win turbine blades of said wind turbine in order too keep said least one physical work property below at least one predefined limit in a time period of said malfunction. The invention also relates to a control system for a wind turbine connected and supplying electric power to a utility grid as well as a wind turbine and park hereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Anders Varming Rebsdorf, Michael Houllind Jensen