Patents by Inventor Özer Onurlu

Özer Onurlu 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).

  • Movement and positioning adaptor for handling root-ring of wind turbine blade
    Patent number: 11434876
    Abstract: A method of handling a wind turbine blade comprising: providing a forklift adaptor, the forklift adaptor including a base and an endwall, coupling the base of the forklift adaptor to at least one tine of a forklift placing a root handling apparatus within a root ring of a wind turbine blade, the root handling apparatus including a plurality of struts and at least one tension rod, and actuating the at least one tension rod to engage a surface of the root ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TPI Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Özer Onurlu, Furkan Ünal
  • MOVEMENT AND POSITIONING ADAPTOR FOR HANDLING ROOT-RING OF WIND TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20210010461
    Abstract: A method of handling a wind turbine blade comprising: providing a forklift adaptor, the forklift adaptor including a base and an endwall, coupling the base of the forklift adaptor to at least one tine of a forklift placing a root handling apparatus within a root ring of a wind turbine blade, the root handling apparatus including a plurality of struts and at least one tension rod, and actuating the at least one tension rod to engage a surface of the root ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Özer Onurlu, Furkan Ünal