Patents by Inventor Vidyashankar Ramasastry BURAVALLA

Vidyashankar Ramasastry BURAVALLA 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).

  • Wind blades with mechanical elements for pretensioning in tension fabrics
    Patent number: 9605650
    Abstract: A wind blade is provided. The wind blade includes a self-supporting structural framework, having multiple chord-wise members and one or more span-wise members. Each of the multiple chord-wise members and the one or more span-wise members have an aerodynamic contour. The wind blade also comprises a fabric skin located over the self-supporting structural framework. Further, the wind blade includes a tensioning mechanism configured for providing pretensioning in the fabric skin. The tensioning mechanism includes multiple mechanical force elements coupled with the fabric skin for providing a predetermined force for maintaining an aerodynamic surface of the fabric skin during operation of the wind blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla, Sriram Krishnamurthy
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TENSIONING TENSION FABRICS IN WIND-TURBINE
    Publication number: 20150369210
    Abstract: A wind blade includes a self-supporting structural framework, having a span-wise member, a plurality of chord-wise members, a fabric skin, and at least one of a stiffener and a mechanical element. The plurality of chord-wise members is coupled to the span-wise member and each chord-wise member and the span-wise member maintains an aerodynamic contour of the wind blade. Further, the fabric skin is disposed over the self-supporting structural framework. The stiffener and/or the mechanical element are coupled to the self-supporting structural framework, and are operable to provide a relative movement to the self-supporting structural framework for adjusting the aerodynamic contour and provide pretension to the fabric skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Merzhaeuser, Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Wendy Wen-Ling Lin
  • WIND BLADES WITH MECHANICAL ELEMENTS FOR PRETENSIONING IN TENSION FABRICS
    Publication number: 20140154090
    Abstract: A wind blade is provided. The wind blade includes a self-supporting structural framework, having multiple chord-wise members and one or more span-wise members. Each of the multiple chord-wise members and the one or more span-wise members have an aerodynamic contour. The wind blade also comprises a fabric skin located over the self-supporting structural framework. Further, the wind blade includes a tensioning mechanism configured for providing pretensioning in the fabric skin. The tensioning mechanism includes multiple mechanical force elements coupled with the fabric skin for providing a predetermined force for maintaining an aerodynamic surface of the fabric skin during operation of the wind blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vidyashankar Ramasastry BURAVALLA, Sriram KRISHNAMURTHY