Patents by Inventor Tommy Sørensen

Tommy Sørensen 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: 20160290314
    Abstract: A wind turbine with two or more wind turbine blades having at least one continuous profile extending along the length of the blade. The continuous profile may be formed by a plurality of first and second projecting elements which extend in a chord-wise direction. The ratio between the height and length of the first and second element is at least 1:1. The height of the projecting elements may be tapered off from the trailing edge towards the leading edge and/or from the blade root towards the tip end. This allows the increase in strain forces generated in the wind turbine blade to be reduced by deforming the first and second elements in an edgewise direction. This also allows for a continuous reduction of the strain forces and a reduced thickness of the first and second elements which in turn saves material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS
    Inventor: Tommy SØRENSEN
  • Patent number: 8545182
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least two connection members such as bushings and/or threaded bars in the root of the blade for attaching the blade to a hub. The connection members are placed along the blade surface and at least some of the connection members are non-parallel and hence oriented in different directions. Hereby is obtained that the root section of the blade can be shortened and the maximum chord of the wind turbine blade can be moved closer to the hub, whereby the part of the blade exploiting the wind is increased and the power output similarly increased. The present invention further relates to a pitch bearing and a hub comprising a bearing ring with two or more holes for positioning fastening members for attaching a wind turbine blade to the bearing. Here, correspondingly, at least two of the holes are oriented in different angles so that the fastening members positioned in the holes are non-parallel and extend in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
    Inventor: Tommy Sørensen
  • Patent number: 8267651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade for a wind power plant with an assembly face for mounting in a circular pitch bearing, whose pitch axis is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the blade, and wherein the blade comprises a root part with an approximately elliptic cross-section, in which root part the assembly face is arranged. The invention further relates to a wind power plant in general having a pitch-adjustable blade mounted in a pitch bearing such that the distance between the outermost part of the blade and the tower is increased when the leading edge of the blade is pitched up in the wind. This is accomplished in that the longitudinal axis of the blade is angled in a particular way compared to its pitch axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: LM Glasfiber A/S
    Inventor: Tommy Sørensen
  • Publication number: 20100290912
    Abstract: This invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least two connection members such as bushings and/or threaded bars in the root of the blade for attaching the blade to a hub. The connection members are placed along the blade surface and at least some of the connection members are non-parallel and hence oriented in different directions. Hereby is obtained that the root section of the blade can be shortened and the maximum chord of the wind turbine blade can be moved closer to the hub, whereby the part of the blade exploiting the wind is increased and the power output similarly increased. The present invention further relates to a pitch bearing and a hub comprising a bearing ring with two or more holes for positioning fastening members for attaching a wind turbine blade to the bearing. Here, correspondingly, at least two of the holes are oriented in different angles so that the fastening members positioned in the holes are non-parallel and extend in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: LM GLASFIBER A/S
    Inventor: Tommy Sørensen
  • Publication number: 20100068058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade (202) for a wind power plant (201) comprising a controllable actuator and at least one joint (206) transversally of the longitudinal direction of the blade, about which joint the outermost part (205) of the turning of the blade at an angle out of the original face of rotation of the blade can be controlled by the actuator. Hereby the rotor area can he controlled continuously during operation, and the distance between the blade tip and the tower can be increased/reduced. The turning and the bracing of the joint is controlled by means of wire pulls and/or actuators, such as eg electric, pneumatic or hydraulic pistons. The invention also relates to a method of improving the operation of a wind power plant in operation, using the same mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: LM GLASFIBER A/S
    Inventor: Tommy Sørensen