Patents by Inventor Frank Andersen

Frank Andersen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230392577
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade comprising a plurality of spar components extending along the longitudinal axis and providing the main bending stiffness of the wind turbine blade a major principal axis defining a structural pitch angle of at least 1° with respect to a chord line, and including: one or more suction-side spar caps each having a centre line; one or more pressure-side spar caps each having a centre line; and one or more shear webs distributed around a central shear web line and at least one of which being connected to first spar caps, wherein at least one suction-side spar cap centre lines is arranged with a first chordwise distance to the central shear web line, and at least one pressure-side spar cap centre lines is arranged with a second, different, chordwise distance to the central shear web line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jelmer CNOSSEN, Afroz AKHTAR, Rajkumar SIVANANTHAM, Christian Frank ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20230084177
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes a profiled contour with a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, along with a blade shell with a pressure side and a suction side, a first main spar cap integrated in the pressure side of the blade shell, a second main spar cap integrated in the suction side of the blade shell, and one or more shear webs connected between the first main spar cap and the second main spar cap. The blade shell includes at least a first load carrying structure arranged at the leading edge or the trailing edge and having a first extension, including a first primary extension on a first side of the chord, where the first primary extension is at least 60% of the first extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS
    Inventors: Morten RAVN, Peter HANSEN, Simon BERG BOJESEN, Casper SKOVBY, Mads DØSSING, Peter BÆK, Christian Frank ANDERSEN, Michael KLITGAARD, Mark Olaf SLOT
  • Patent number: 11034931
    Abstract: The invention relates to yeast cells with useful characteristics, including being capable of utilizing panose as sole carbon source and/or capable of utilizing one or more dipeptidesas sole nitrogen source. The invention also relates to yeast cells with useful genotypes including comprising at least 4 allelic genes encoding IMA1p and/or at least two allelic genes encoding IMA5p.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Natalia Y. Solodovnikova, Jeppe Frank Andersen, Rosa Garcia Sanchez, Zoran Gojkovic
  • Publication number: 20190211801
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. The wind turbine blade comprises a profiled contour with leading and trailing edges and a chord extending there between, a blade shell with pressure and suction sides, a first main spar cap integrated in the pressure side, a second main spar cap integrated in the suction side, and one or more shear webs connected between the first main spar cap and the second main spar cap, wherein the blade shell comprises at least a first load carrying structure arranged at the leading edge or the trailing edge, wherein the first load carrying structure has a first extension including a first primary extension on a first side of the chord, wherein the first primary extension is at least 60% of the first extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: LM Wind Power US Technology APS
    Inventors: Morten RAVN, Peter HANSEN, Simon BERG BOJESEN, Casper SKOVBY, Mads DØSSING, Peter BÆK, Christian Frank ANDERSEN, Michael KLITGAARD, Mark Olaf SLOT
  • Patent number: 10316817
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is described for a wind turbine blade, where layers of fiber material are laid up in a mold to form a portion of the blade structure. The fiber layers are infused with a resin which is subsequently cured to form the hardened blade structure. Some of the layers of fiber material are arranged so that a portion of the layers are kept resin-free during the infusion and curing steps, so that the fiber layer extends freely out from the external surface of the blade, preferably at the blade trailing edge, to provide a flexible blade trailing edge to reduce blade operational noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Michael Klitgaard, Christian Frank Andersen, Morten Ravn, Casper Skovby, Simon Berg Bojesen, Peter Baek
  • Publication number: 20180163168
    Abstract: The invention relates to yeast cells with useful characteristics, including being capable of utilizing panose as sole carbon source and/or capable of utilizing one or more dipeptidesas sole nitrogen source. The invention also relates to yeast cells with useful genotypes including comprising at least 4 allelic genes encoding IMA1p and/or at least two allelic genes encoding IMA5p.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Natalia Y. Solodovnikova, Jeppe Frank Andersen, Rosa Garcia Sanchez, Zoran Gojkovic
  • Patent number: 9909562
    Abstract: A control method for a wind turbine, in particular for a wind turbine blade is described. The control method makes use of the blade mode shapes, or natural vibration shapes, of the blade to detect the excitement level of the blade natural vibrations, and controls active lift devices on the blade in an effort to reduce the excitement levels, to reduce loading in the blade and the overall wind turbine structure. There is also provided a method of designing a wind turbine blade for use in such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Peter Baek, Christian Frank Andersen, Mark Olaf Slot, Casper Skovby, Simon Berg Bojesen, Morten Ravn, Michael Klitgaard
  • Patent number: 9611833
    Abstract: A blade (10) for a rotor of a wind turbine having a profiled contour divided into: a root region (30), an airfoil region (34), and a transition region (32) between the root region (30) and the airfoil region (34). A shoulder (40) is located at the boundary between the transition region (32) and the airfoil region (34). The blade's profiled contour comprises a local relative thickness defined as the local ratio between a maximum profile thickness (t) and the chord length (c). The ratio between the shoulder width (W) and the blade length (L) being less than or equal to 0.075, and the relative thickness (t/c) in a blade length interval of 0-0.8 L is at least 22%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LM GLASFIBER A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Madsen, Christian Frank Andersen, Peter Fuglsang
  • Publication number: 20170051718
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is described for a wind turbine blade, where layers of fibre material are laid up in a mould to form a portion of the blade structure. The fibre layers are infused with a resin which is subsequently cured to form the hardened blade structure. Some of the layers of fibre material are arranged so that a portion of the layers are kept resin-free during the infusion and curing steps, so that the fibre layer extends freely out from the external surface of the blade, preferably at the blade trailing edge, to provide a flexible blade trailing edge to reduce blade operational noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael KLITGAARD, Christian Frank ANDERSEN, Morten RAVN, Casper SKOVBY, Simon Berg BOJESEN, Peter BAEK
  • Publication number: 20140334928
    Abstract: A control method for a wind turbine, in particular for a wind turbine blade is described. The control method makes use of the blade mode shapes, or natural vibration shapes, of the blade to detect the excitement level of the blade natural vibrations, and controls active lift devices on the blade in an effort to reduce the excitement levels, to reduce loading in the blade and the overall wind turbine structure. There is also provided a method of designing a wind turbine blade for use in such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Baek, Christian Frank Andersen, Mark Olaf Slot, Casper Skovby, Simon Berg Bojesen, Morten Ravn, Michael Klitgaard
  • Publication number: 20130280686
    Abstract: A medical training development system for development of medical training scenarios (15) is disclosed. The medical training development system comprises an event modules database (110) with a plurality of pre-programmed event modules (120), a scenario programming system (140) connected to the event modules database (110) for accessing the event modules (120) and for programming the medical training scenarios (15) and a medical training scenario database (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Hetland, Soren Frank Andersen, Lars Kirkeskov Sorup
  • Publication number: 20130115098
    Abstract: A blade (10) for a rotor of a wind turbine having a profiled contour divided into: a root region (30), an airfoil region (34), and a transition region (32) between the root region (30) and the airfoil region (34). A shoulder (40) is located at the boundary between the transition region (32) and the airfoil region (34). The blade's profiled contour comprises a local relative thickness defined as the local ratio between a maximum profile thickness (t) and the chord length (c). The ratio between the shoulder width (W) and the blade length (L) being less than or equal to 0.075, and the relative thickness (t/c) in a blade length interval of 0-0.8L is at least 22%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: LM GLASFIBER A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Madsen, Christian Frank Andersen, Peter Fuglsang
  • Publication number: 20070022963
    Abstract: A trough is disclosed for supplying piglets with mineral supplements in the suckling period. The trough is designed to awaken the piglets' curiosity and thus make them root in the bottom of the trough, where the mineral supplements are dispensed in form of a dry powder mixture, and thus reduce spillage as compared to placing the mineral supplements on the floor of the pen. During the pre-weaning of the piglets the trough can be converted to serve as a normal trough for solid feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Karl Jensen, Frank Andersen, Jens Munk
  • Patent number: 7092899
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method for generating a brick model. The method includes receiving an electronic representation of an item to be represented by the brick model. The electronic representation is processed to generate building instructions for building the brick model and connected to an order interface for enabling the user to order bricks to make a model for shipment to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Interlego AG
    Inventors: Angie Simas, Peter Frank Andersen, Dennis Leahy, Ian Meredith
  • Publication number: 20030132966
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a method for generating a brick model. The method includes receiving an electronic representation of an item to be represented by the brick model. The electronic representation is processed to generate building instructions for building the brick model and connected to an order interface for enabling the user to order bricks to make a model for shipment to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: Interlego AG
    Inventors: Angie Simas , Peter Frank Andersen , Dennis Leahy , Ian Meredith
  • Publication number: 20030024849
    Abstract: A package for blister pack strips comprises a blister guide (11), a strip guide (12), a back cover (3) having a depression (10) accommodating blisters projecting through the blister guide (11), and a front cover (8). The package is made by folding a rectangular sheet (1) having appropriate cut outs forming blister guides (11) and strip guides (12) and being by folding lines (5, 7, 9) divided into three outer zones comprising an edge zone forming the front cover (8), an intermediary zone forming the strip guides (12), and an inner zone forming the blister guides (11), and a fourth zone forming the back cover (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Jacob Sturich Nielsen, Jorn Rex, Frank Andersen