Patents by Inventor Dominic Alexander von Terzi

Dominic Alexander von Terzi 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 rotor blade pre-staged for retrofitting with a replacement blade tip segment
    Patent number: 11162476
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade that is pre-staged for subsequent retrofitting with a replacement blade tip segment includes providing the wind turbine blade with a continuous spar structure from a root end to a tip end of the wind turbine blade. At a pre-defined span-wise location, one of a span-wise extending beam structure or span-wise extending receiver section is configured with the spar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Merzhaeuser, Dominic Alexander Von Terzi
  • Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Pre-Staged for Retrofitting with a Replacement Blade Tip Segment
    Publication number: 20200132054
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade that is pre-staged for subsequent retrofitting with a replacement blade tip segment includes providing the wind turbine blade with a continuous spar structure from a root end to a tip end of the wind turbine blade. At a pre-defined span-wise location, one of a span-wise extending beam structure or span-wise extending receiver section is configured with the spar structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Merzhaeuser, Dominic Alexander Von Terzi
  • System for wind turbine blade actuation
    Patent number: 10626846
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the blade segments having a pressure side shell member, a suction side shell member. The blade further including a coupling component extending spanwise and structurally connecting the first blade segment and the second blade segment. A thermal actuation component is coupled to the coupling component and passively actuated in response to a change in thermal conditions so as to provide for aeroelastic tailoring and pitch control to the wind turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Dominic Alexander von Terzi, Shivaram Ac, Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla, Norman Arnold Turnquist
  • SYSTEM FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE ACTUATION
    Publication number: 20180135596
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the blade segments having a pressure side shell member, a suction side shell member. The blade further including a coupling component extending spanwise and structurally connecting the first blade segment and the second blade segment. A thermal actuation component is coupled to the coupling component and passively actuated in response to a change in thermal conditions so as to provide for aeroelastic tailoring and pitch control to the wind turbine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Dominic Alexander von Terzi, Shivaram AC, Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla, Norman Arnold Turnquist