Patents by Inventor Eckart Hopp

Eckart Hopp 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: 10794367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring moments of a wind turbine, comprising a carrier pin that can be fixedly connected to a bedplate of a nacelle of the wind turbine, which is arranged on a tower and can be adjusted with respect to yaw, a torque support of a gearbox of the wind turbine being mountable on the carrier pin via an elastomer body, and to a method for operating a wind turbine and the corresponding wind turbine. The carrier pin is provided with one or more sensors that are designed and arranged to detect strains and/or shears of the carrier pin, a signal processing and/or evaluation unit being provided, which is connected to the sensor(s) and which can determine, during operation of the wind turbine, from measurement signals of the sensors, pitch moments and/or yaw moments that act upon the torque support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SENVION GMBH
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Eckart Hopp
  • Publication number: 20190093636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring moments of a wind turbine, comprising a carrier pin that can be fixedly connected to a bedplate of a nacelle of the wind turbine, which is arranged on a tower and can be adjusted with respect to yaw, a torque support of a gearbox of the wind turbine being mountable on the carrier pin via an elastomer body, and to a method for operating a wind turbine and the corresponding wind turbine. The carrier pin is provided with one or more sensors that are designed and arranged to detect strains and/or shears of the carrier pin, a signal processing and/or evaluation unit being provided, which is connected to the sensor(s) and which can determine, during operation of the wind turbine, from measurement signals of the sensors, pitch moments and/or yaw moments that act upon the torque support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Karsten WARFEN, Eckart HOPP
  • Patent number: 9416772
    Abstract: A wind power plant is characterized in that a measurement device (18) is provided for the determination of the load on an electric motor (13, 14), wherein the control device (16, 17) reduces the load on the motor (13, 14) by reducing the rotational speed of the rotor (11), by changing the blade angle of the at least one rotor blade (12, 12?) and/or by reducing the output of the wind power plant (10) when a preselectable first load limit of the electric motor (13, 14) is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SENVION SE
    Inventors: Jens Altemark, Heinz-Hermann Letas, Eckart Hopp, Thomas Kruger
  • Publication number: 20100181769
    Abstract: A wind power plant is characterized in that a measurement device (18) is provided for the determination of the load on an electric motor (13, 14), wherein the control device (16, 17) reduces the load on the motor (13, 14) by reducing the rotational speed of the rotor (11), by changing the blade angle of the at least one rotor blade (12, 12?) and/or by reducing the output of the wind power plant (10) when a preselectable first load limit of the electric motor (13, 14) is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jens Altemark, Heinz-Hermann Letas, Eckart Hopp, Thomas Krüger