Patents by Inventor Felix C. Landwehr

Felix C. Landwehr 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 anemometry compensation
    Patent number: 7861583
    Abstract: A system for estimating a freestream wind characteristic for a wind turbine having a rotor includes estimating a nacelle wind speed for the turbine; determining, from the estimated nacelle wind speed, at least one angular position of the rotor for measuring a nacelle wind characteristic for the turbine; and measuring the nacelle wind characteristic at the determined angular position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Saskia G. Honhoff, Donald M. Rogers, Felix C. Landwehr
  • WIND TURBINE ANEMOMETRY COMPENSATION
    Publication number: 20090183576
    Abstract: A system for estimating a freestream wind characteristic for a wind turbine having a rotor includes estimating a nacelle wind speed for the turbine; determining, from the estimated nacelle wind speed, at least one angular position of the rotor for measuring a nacelle wind characteristic for the turbine; and measuring the nacelle wind characteristic at the determined angular position of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Saskia G. Honhoff, Donald M. Rogers, Felix C. Landwehr