Patents by Inventor Anders Erbo R. Jensen

Anders Erbo R. Jensen 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).

  • Lightning protection for a direct drive wind turbine
    Patent number: 11852121
    Abstract: Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Traelle Hoerning, Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Henrik Abild Jensen
  • ELECTRIC CIRCUIT AND WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20230231448
    Abstract: An electric circuit providing a ground connection includes at least two brushes and a contact member, wherein each brush and the contact member form a sliding contact, wherein the contact member is connected to a ground potential by at least one of the sliding contacts, wherein at least two of the sliding contacts are connected to a current source adapted to provide a current through the sliding contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Poul Christiansen, Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Aaron Jones, Haritha Subramanian Kalyanaraman
  • LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR A DIRECT DRIVE WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20200300228
    Abstract: Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Traelle Hoerning, Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Henrik Abild Jensen