Patents by Inventor Yun Chong Gabriel Chang

Yun Chong Gabriel Chang 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: 9039366
    Abstract: The invention involves a wind turbine comprising at least one blade (5) in turn comprising a blade body (501), lift-regulating means (502) adapted for movement in relation to the blade body (501) so as to regulate the lift of the blade, and load sensing means (5022, 506) for determining a load acting on the lift-regulating means (502), the wind turbine further comprising an actuation control unit (6) adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on output from the load sensing means (5022, 506). In addition to output from the load sensing means (5022, 506), the actuation control unit (6) is adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on the movement of the lift-regulating means (502).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Li Hong Idris Lim, Tian Lim, Chee Kang Lim, Teck Bin Arthur Lim, Kok Leong Chong, Whye Ghee Kim, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Loh Wuh Ken
  • Patent number: 9039372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least one control surface and an actuator inside the main body of the wind turbine blade for moving the control surface, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle, a controller and a pump, and wherein the fluidic muscle is adapted to change in length and width when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle is varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Mark Hancock, Wuh Ken Loh, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang
  • Publication number: 20140363293
    Abstract: A wind turbine comprising an elongated blade body, a system for detecting an ice layer on the blade body, the system comprising a light source for emitting a light beam; a light splitting optical element optically connected to the light source so as to receive the light beam emitted from the light source, the optical element adapted to split the light beam received from the light source into a reference light beam and a detecting light beam, a boundary area which is arranged at the blade body so as to be exposed to the outer surroundings of the blade body and which is optically connected to the light splitting optical element such as to receive the detecting light beam and to reflect an internal reflected part of the detecting light beam at the boundary area and to transmit a transmitting part of the detecting light beam to the outer surroundings of the blade body through the boundary area and to allow an external reflected part of the transmitting part of the detecting light beam, which has been reflected fr
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Whye Ghee Kim, Kok Leong Chong, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Li Hong Idris Lim
  • Publication number: 20130224024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least one control surface and an actuator inside the main body of the wind turbine blade for moving the control surface, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle, a controller and a pump, and wherein the fluidic muscle is adapted to change in length and width when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle is varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Wuh Ken Loh
  • Publication number: 20120224965
    Abstract: The invention involves a wind turbine comprising at least one blade (5) in turn comprising a blade body (501), lift-regulating means (502) adapted for movement in relation to the blade body (501) so as to regulate the lift of the blade, and load sensing means (5022, 506) for determining a load acting on the lift-regulating means (502), the wind turbine further comprising an actuation control unit (6) adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on output from the load sensing means (5022, 506). In addition to output from the load sensing means (5022, 506), the actuation control unit (6) is adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on the movement of the lift-regulating means (502).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Li Hong Idris Lim, Tian Lim, Chee Kang Lim, Teck Bin Arthur Lim, Kok Leong Chong, Whye Ghee Kim, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Loh Wuh Ken
  • Publication number: 20110116927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine blade with at least one control surface and an actuator inside the main body of the wind turbine blade for moving the control surface, wherein the actuator comprises a fluidic muscle, a controller and a pump, and wherein the fluidic muscle is adapted to change in length and width when the pressure of the fluid within the fluidic muscle is varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Mark Hancock, Wuh Ken Loh, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang