Patents by Inventor Clive Richard Andrews

Clive Richard Andrews 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 MONITORING
    Publication number: 20090246019
    Abstract: A method of detecting the formation of ice on the blades of a wind turbine 1. The wind turbine has at least one turbine blade 2 mounted to a rotor and provided with at least a first strain sensor 4 for measuring mechanical strain of the turbine blade. The method comprises detecting changes in an output signal of the strain sensor 4 due to changes in the mass of the turbine blade 2 caused by the formation of ice on the turbine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Volanthen, Clive Richard Andrews