Patents by Inventor Ferran ROURA

Ferran ROURA 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).

  • Bolted attachment for attaching wind turbine parts
    Patent number: 10495057
    Abstract: A bolted attachment having opposite threaded sections between which a shank is provided having at least two shank sections with different diameter located at a length from the threaded section of at least three times the difference between a diameter of a threaded section and a minimum diameter of the shank. At least one conical transition is formed between two adjacent shank sections where the ratio of its length to a difference between a diameter at one end of the transition and a diameter at the opposite end of the transition is of at least 0.85.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES WIND B.V.
    Inventors: Ferran Roura, Jose Luis Roman Mallada, Nicolas Velazquez
  • Tool assembly and method for lifting wind turbine parts
    Patent number: 10343875
    Abstract: The assembly includes a tool with a stem having a first end having a projecting portion such as a ring, and a second end adapted to be engaged by lifting equipment. The assembly also includes a stem receiving portion formed in a wind turbine part to be lifted. The stem of the tool is adapted to be freely passed through the stem receiving portion until the first end of the stem is locked to the stem receiving portion, thereby preventing the stem from separating from the stem receiving portion when lifting the wind turbine part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES WIND B.V.
    Inventors: Pere Cortada Acosta, Ricardo Lázaro, Ferran Roura, Laura Carrión
  • BOLTED ATTACHMENT FOR ATTACHING WIND TURBINE PARTS
    Publication number: 20170342958
    Abstract: A bolted attachment having opposite threaded sections between which a shank is provided having at least two shank sections with different diameter located at a length from the threaded section of at least three times the difference between a diameter of a threaded section and a minimum diameter of the shank. At least one conical transition is formed between two adjacent shank sections where the ratio of its length to a difference between a diameter at one end of the transition and a diameter at the opposite end of the transition is of at least 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ferran ROURA, Jose Luis ROMAN MALLADA, Nicolas VELAZQUEZ
  • TOOL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR LIFTING WIND TURBINE PARTS
    Publication number: 20160169191
    Abstract: The assembly includes a tool with a stem having a first end having a projecting portion such as a ring, and a second end adapted to be engaged by lifting equipment. The assembly also includes a stem receiving portion formed in a wind turbine part to be lifted. The stem of the tool is adapted to be freely passed through the stem receiving portion until the first end of the stem is locked to the stem receiving portion, thereby preventing the stem from separating from the stem receiving portion when lifting the wind turbine part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Pere CORTADA ACOSTA, Ricardo LÀZARO, Ferran ROURA, Laura CARRIÓN