Patents by Inventor Andre MIKKELSEN

Andre MIKKELSEN 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).

  • SPREADER TOOL FOR SPREADING VISCOUS MATERIAL ONTO THE EDGE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20230030710
    Abstract: A spreader tool is provided for spreading viscous material on the surface, for example an edge, of a wind turbine blade. The spreader tool comprises at least one bendable spreader wing, for example provided as a fin-ray construction, for pressing a flexible band against a curved section of the blade and for dragging viscous material along it by the flexible band during movement of the spreader tool along the blade surface. The spreader tool is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hans LAURBERG, Martin Huus BJERGE, Andre MIKKELSEN, Troels Askholm ANDERSEN, Matthias STEFANSSON
  • Dispenser tool, robot system with dispenser tool and method for dispensing viscous material onto wind turbine blade surface
    Patent number: 11548026
    Abstract: A dispenser tool (42) is provided with multiple cartridges for dispensing viscous material onto the surface (5?) of a wind turbine blade (5). The dispenser tool (42) is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5?) of the blade (5). The system is configured for bringing the nozzle of a selected cartridge into the vicinity of the surface (5?) and orienting the dispenser tool (42) relatively to the surface (5?) such that the nozzle (46) of the corresponding selected cartridge (44) is at the surface (5?) for providing viscous material onto the surface (5?) from the selected cartridge (44) while moving the nozzle (46) along the surface (5?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROPE ROBOTICS APS
    Inventors: Hans Laurberg, Martin Huus Bjerge, André Mikkelsen, Troels Askholm Andersen, Matthias Stefansson
  • Spreader tool for spreading viscous material onto the edge of a wind turbine blade
    Patent number: 11486367
    Abstract: A spreader tool is provided for spreading viscous material on the surface (5?), for example an edge (5?), of a wind turbine blade (5). The spreader tool (52) comprises at least one bendable spreader wing (54A, 54B), for example provided as a fin-ray construction, for pressing a flexible band (53) against a curved section of the blade (5) and for dragging viscous material along it by the flexible band during movement of the spreader tool (52) along the blade (5) surface (5?). The spreader tool is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5?) of the blade (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rope Robotics ApS
    Inventors: Hans Laurberg, Martin Huus Bjerge, André Mikkelsen, Troels Askholm Andersen, Matthias Stefansson
  • SPREADER TOOL FOR SPREADING VISCOUS MATERIAL ONTO THE EDGE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND USE THEREOF, A ROBOT SYSTEM WITH SUCH TOOL, AN OPERATION SITE WITH SUCH SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200318619
    Abstract: A spreader tool is provided for spreading viscous material on the surface (5), for example an edge (5?), of a wind turbine blade (5). The spreader tool (52) comprises at least one bendable spreader wing (54A, 54B), for example provided as a fin-ray construction, for pressing a flexible band (53) against a curved section of the blade (5) and for dragging viscous material along it by the flexible band during movement of the spreader tool (52) along the blade (5) surface (5?). The spreader tool is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5?) of the blade (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hans LAURBERG, Martin Huus BJERGE, André MIKKELSEN, Troels Askholm ANDERSEN, Matthias STEFANSSON
  • DISPENSER TOOL FOR DISPENSING VISCOUS MATERIAL ONTO THE SURFACE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND USE THEREOF, A ROBOT SYSTEM WITH SUCH TOOL, AN OPERATION SITE WITH SUCH SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200238324
    Abstract: A dispenser tool (42) is provided with multiple cartridges for dispensing viscous material onto the surface (5?) of a wind turbine blade (5). The dispenser tool (42) is advantageously part of a robot system used to work the surface (5?) of the blade (5). The system is configured for bringing the nozzle of a selected cartridge into the vicinity of the surface (5?) and orienting the dispenser tool (42) relatively to the surface (5?) such that the nozzle (46) of the corresponding selected cartridge (44) is at the surface (5?) for providing viscous material onto the surface (5?) from the selected cartridge (44) while moving the nozzle (46) along the surface (5?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hans LAURBERG, Martin Huus BJERGE, André MIKKELSEN, Troels Askholm ANDERSEN, Matthias STEFANSSON