Patents by Inventor Pascal Mickelson

Pascal Mickelson 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).

  • Surface coating for enhanced lightning protection of wind turbine blades and other composite structures
    Patent number: 11725632
    Abstract: A method of protecting a wind turbine having a set of blades, each blade having a set of loci suitable for placement of a corresponding set of lightning receptors, against lightning strikes, includes applying to each blade a coating that surrounds at least one lightning receptor locus of the set, wherein the coating comprises paint in which has been mixed a conductive powder having a concentration by weight in the coating sufficiently low as to prevent formation of a conductive path through the coating but sufficiently high as to foster ionization of air along the coated exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Arctura, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal E. Fine, John A. Cooney, Christopher S. Szlatenyi, Adam H. Janik, Pascal Mickelson
  • Surface Coating for Enhanced Lightning Protection of Wind Turbine Blades and Other Composite Structures
    Publication number: 20220112885
    Abstract: A method of protecting a wind turbine having a set of blades, each blade having a set of loci suitable for placement of a corresponding set of lightning receptors, against lightning strikes, includes applying to each blade a coating that surrounds at least one lightning receptor locus of the set, wherein the coating comprises paint in which has been mixed a conductive powder having a concentration by weight in the coating sufficiently low as to prevent formation of a conductive path through the coating but sufficiently high as to foster ionization of air along the coated exposed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Neal E. Fine, John A. Cooney, Christopher S. Szlatenyi, Adam H. Janik, Pascal Mickelson
  • Surface coating for enhanced lightning protection of wind turbine blades and other composite structures
    Patent number: 11162475
    Abstract: A method of protecting a wind turbine having a set of blades, each blade having a set of loci suitable for placement of a corresponding set of lightning receptors, against lightning strikes, includes applying to each blade a coating that surrounds at least one lightning receptor locus of the set, wherein the coating comprises paint in which has been mixed a conductive powder having a concentration by weight in the coating sufficiently low as to prevent formation of a conductive path through the coating but sufficiently high as to foster ionization of air along the coated exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ardura, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal E. Fine, John A. Cooney, Jr., Christopher S. Szlatenyi, Adam H. Janik, Pascal Mickelson