Patents by Inventor Dror Avner

Dror Avner 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).

  • Patent number: 11668274
    Abstract: Provided is a nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle including a nacelle bottom cover, wherein the nacelle bottom cover includes two or more segments, each of the segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, in particular a total amount of lubricating oils and/or cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant. Also provided is a wind driven power plant including the nacelle and a wind park including a plurality of the wind driven power plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Elmar Taubenrauch, Dror Avner
  • Patent number: 11585054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind driven power plant comprising a nacelle having a nacelle cover and a helicopter hoisting platform, the nacelle further comprising a hatch extension and a hatch cover, the hatch extension being arranged between the nacelle cover and the hatch cover, wherein the hatch extension has a channel-like shape, wherein the hatch cover is mounted on top of the hatch extension, and wherein a the hatch extension provides a distance between the hatch cover and the nacelle cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ADWEN GMBH
    Inventors: Dror Avner, Elmar Taubenrauch
  • Patent number: 11371485
    Abstract: Provided is a helicopter hoisting platform for a nacelle of a wind driven power plant, wherein the helicopter hoisting platform includes a detachable portion that is configured to be detached and removed from a permanent portion of the helicopter hoisting platform. Also provided is a wind drive power plant including a nacelle and the helicopter hoisting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ADWEN GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Taubenrauch, Dror Avner
  • Publication number: 20200072184
    Abstract: Provided is a nacelle for a wind driven power plant, the nacelle including a nacelle bottom cover, wherein the nacelle bottom cover includes two or more segments, each of the segments being configured to contain a respective predefined maximum volume of a liquid in a receptacle in a case of leakage, and wherein the respective receptacles are configured to collectively contain a total volume that corresponds to a total amount of liquids in the wind driven power plant, in particular a total amount of lubricating oils and/or cooling liquids in the wind driven power plant. Also provided is a wind driven power plant including the nacelle and a wind park including a plurality of the wind driven power plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: ELMAR TAUBENRAUCH, DROR AVNER
  • Publication number: 20200018292
    Abstract: Provided is a nacelle for a wind turbine, the nacelle including an support frame and a nacelle cover coupled to the support frame, wherein the nacelle cover comprises a self-supported nacelle roof comprising a plurality of panels made of a composite, the panels being connected to each other by means of connection flanges integral to the panels, wherein the self-supported nacelle roof extends, while being unsupported by the support frame at least in a center section of the self-supported nacelle roof, from a first lateral side of the nacelle to a second lateral side of the nacelle. A wind turbine including the nacelle, a wind park including a plurality of wind turbines and methods is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Elmar Taubenrauch, Dror Avner
  • Publication number: 20200011302
    Abstract: Provided is a helicopter hoisting platform for a nacelle of a wind driven power plant, wherein the helicopter hoisting platform includes a detachable portion that is configured to be detached and removed from a permanent portion of the helicopter hoisting platform. Also provided is a wind drive power plant including a nacelle and the helicopter hoisting platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: ELMAR TAUBENRAUCH, DROR AVNER
  • Publication number: 20200002908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind driven power plant comprising a nacelle having a nacelle cover and a helicopter hoisting platform, the nacelle further comprising a hatch extension and a hatch cover, the hatch extension being arranged between the nacelle cover and the hatch cover, wherein the hatch extension has a channel-like shape, wherein the hatch cover is mounted on top of the hatch extension, and wherein a the hatch extension provides a distance between the hatch cover and the nacelle cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: DROR AVNER, ELMAR TAUBENRAUCH
  • Patent number: 6161901
    Abstract: A foldable furniture structure has a base which supports a load bearing sheet. The base is formed as a closed, foldable structure including two roughly parallel end sheets hingedly connected along corresponding edges by two sides, each of which is foldable along at least one intermediate vertical hinge. The base is thus foldable in a bellows-type motion between a closed state in which the two parallel end sheets are brought together with the sides folded between them, and an open state in which the two parallel end sheets are pulled apart. The load bearing sheet is hingedly attached to each of the upper edges of the two end sheets and has at least one intermediate hinge deployed parallel to the upper edges of end sheets. The dimension of load bearing sheet between the attachments to the upper edges of the end sheets is chosen to delimit a fully open configuration of the base such that the sides are opened to a bellows angle of no more than about 90.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: Dror Avner