Patents by Inventor Allan RIBER

Allan RIBER 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 turbine blade with flatback root segment and related method
    Patent number: 11002247
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade and method of manufacture, the blade extending between root and tip ends on a longitudinal axis and having root, transition, and airfoil regions. The blade has a profiled contour with a chord extending between the leading and trailing edges; a blade shell with a first blade shell part with a pressure side and a second blade shell part with a suction side, the blade shell parts extending between root and tip ends and are joined on a primary glue joint; first and second main spar caps integrated in the first and the second blade shell parts, respectively, and have one or more shear webs there between. A third blade shell part may be present and joined to the first blade shell part along a first secondary glue joint and to the second blade shell part along a second secondary glue joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
    Inventors: David Roberts, Allan Riber
  • Wind Turbine Blade with Flatback Root Segment and Related Method
    Publication number: 20190234374
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade and method of manufacture, the blade extending between root and tip ends on a longitudinal axis and having root, transition, and airfoil regions. The blade has a profiled contour with a chord extending between the leading and trailing edges; a blade shell with a first blade shell part with a pressure side and a second blade shell part with a suction side, the blade shell parts extending between root and tip ends and are joined on a primary glue joint; first and second main spar caps integrated in the first and the second blade shell parts, respectively, and have one or more shear webs there between. A third blade shell part may be present and joined to the first blade shell part along a first secondary glue joint and to the second blade shell part along a second secondary glue joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: David ROBERTS, Allan RIBER