Patents by Inventor Dirk Schietke

Dirk Schietke 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).

  • Method for automatically starting a wind turbine and a wind turbine for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 8909477
    Abstract: A method automatically starts a wind turbine after an outage of an electrical supply grid. In the method, at least one measurement value is acquired as to a climatic variable in the wind turbine during the outage of the electrical supply grid. At least one acquired measurement value is recorded and a warning signal is generated prior to a starting of the wind turbine when the at least one recorded measurement value exceeds a predetermined maximum value or drops below a predetermined minimum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Schietke
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING A WIND TURBINE AND A WIND TURBINE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20120104758
    Abstract: A method automatically starts a wind turbine after an outage of an electrical supply grid. In the method, at least one measurement value is acquired as to a climatic variable in the wind turbine during the outage of the electrical supply grid. At least one acquired measurement value is recorded and a warning signal is generated prior to a starting of the wind turbine when the at least one recorded measurement value exceeds a predetermined maximum value or drops below a predetermined minimum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Dirk Schietke