Patents by Inventor Emily Jacob Palmer

Emily Jacob Palmer 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).

  • Methods of installing a mechanical damper apparatus
    Patent number: 11815157
    Abstract: It is provided methods of installing a mechanical damper apparatus to an external surface of a tower of a wind turbine, the tower being in an erect state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Ingo Paura, Emily Jacob Palmer
  • Lifting device for a wind turbine rotor blade
    Patent number: 11686290
    Abstract: A lift system for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a lifting device having a structural frame body having a root end and a tip end. The root end supports a root cradle and the tip end supports a tip cradle. The root and tip cradles each have a profile that corresponds to at least one exterior surface of the rotor blade so as to receive and support at least a portion of the rotor blade. Due to a shape of the rotor blade, when the rotor blade is installed in the lifting device and lifted uptower, the rotor blade can experience an asymmetric loading. Accordingly, the lift system also includes a variable airflow assembly coupled to tip end of the lifting device. The variable airflow assembly includes at least one surface moveable between a plurality of positions having varying resistances so as to counteract the asymmetric loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ulrich Werner Neumann, Molly Christine Stieber, Emily Jacob Palmer, Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Ravi Chandra Kamarajugadda
  • METHODS OF INSTALLING A MECHANICAL DAMPER APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20230167875
    Abstract: It is provided methods of installing a mechanical damper apparatus to an external surface of a tower of a wind turbine, the tower being in an erect state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ingo Paura, Emily Jacob Palmer
  • LIFTING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE
    Publication number: 20220034302
    Abstract: A lift system for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a lifting device having a structural frame body having a root end and a tip end. The root end supports a root cradle and the tip end supports a tip cradle. The root and tip cradles each have a profile that corresponds to at least one exterior surface of the rotor blade so as to receive and support at least a portion of the rotor blade. Due to a shape of the rotor blade, when the rotor blade is installed in the lifting device and lifted uptower, the rotor blade can experience an asymmetric loading. Accordingly, the lift system also includes a variable airflow assembly coupled to tip end of the lifting device. The variable airflow assembly includes at least one surface moveable between a plurality of positions having varying resistances so as to counteract the asymmetric loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ulrich Werner Neumann, Molly Christine Stieber, Emily Jacob Palmer, Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Ravi Chandra Kamarajugadda