Patents by Inventor Henning Schroder
Henning Schroder 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).
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Patent number: 9816807Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of analyzing a laminated object and to a system for analyzing a laminated object. Illustrative embodiments herein relate to optical interferometry techniques for non-destructively analyzing laminated objects with large surface utilized to obtain data relating to the topography of an object under examination and to further process the obtained topographical data so as to identify type and/or severity and/or position of surface defects.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Georg Herborg Enevoldsen, Henning Schroder, Kaj Morbech Halling
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Patent number: 9757908Abstract: A fixing device for fixating a segment of a wind turbine blade to a mold in which the blade segment is manufactured, wherein the blade segment has a fixating portion. The fixing device comprises: a first portion for removably fixating the blade segment at its fixating portion to the mold; and a second portion for fixating the fixing device to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Henning Schroder, Leif Kappel Petersen, Maja Rose Wieland, Olav Davis
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Patent number: 9638166Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade having a first member with a first joining surface and a second member with a second joining surface. The method includes applying at least one resin barrier to one or both of the joining surfaces, and subsequently locating the first and the second members adjacent each other so that they are joined by the at least one resin barrier. Hereby at least one cavity is formed between the first and second joining surfaces, which cavity is delimited by the at least one resin barrier. Subsequently resin is filled into the at least one cavity, and the resin is cured. The first member may be a blade shell, and the second member may be a blade spar.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Leif Kappel Petersen, Henning Schröder
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Publication number: 20160214334Abstract: A fixing device for fixating a segment of a wind turbine blade to a mold in which the blade segment is manufactured, wherein the blade segment has a fixating portion. The fixing device comprises: a first portion for removably fixating the blade segment at its fixating portion to the mold; and a second portion for fixating the fixing device to the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Henning Schroder, Leif Kappel Petersen, Maja Rose Wieland, Olav Davis
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Publication number: 20160209205Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of analyzing a laminated object and to a system for analyzing a laminated object. Illustrative embodiments herein relate to optical interferometry techniques for non-destructively analyzing laminated objects with large surface utilized to obtain data relating to the topography of an object under examination and to further process the obtained topographical data so as to identify type and/or severity and/or position of surface defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Georg Herborg Enevoldsen, Henning Schroder, Kaj Morbech Halling
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Patent number: 9283715Abstract: A fixing device for fixating a segment of a wind turbine blade to a mold in which the blade segment is manufactured, wherein the blade segment has a fixating portion. The fixing device comprises: a first portion for removably fixating the blade segment at its fixating portion to the mold; and a second portion for fixating the fixing device to the mold.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Henning Schroder, Leif Kappel Petersen, Maja Rose Wieland, Olav Davis
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Patent number: 8986487Abstract: The present invention relates to a consolidated composite pre-form for reinforcing a composite structure, said pre-form comprising fibers and a binding agent, said pre-form having a sheet-like structure with an upper major surface and a lower major surface, and said pre-form being provided with recesses on at least a portion of at least one of said major surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Knud Stenbaek Nielsen, Henning Schroder
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Publication number: 20140369851Abstract: A method of fabricating a surface for reducing ice adhesion surface which includes providing a surface of a cured material and impacting the surface of the cured material with a pressurized jet of a fluid material to plastically deform the cured material to enable the surface to reduce ice adhesion strength on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Lance Wei Seong Lim, Henning Schröder, Erwin Merijn Wouterson, Shirley Zhang
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Patent number: 8747592Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of repairing a fiber composite solid member having a locally deteriorated surface area, such as having cracks or creases. The solid member may e.g. be a mold for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades or such blades. The method comprises machining a surface section comprising the locally deteriorated surface area in order to obtain a recess having a predefined depth and circumferential shape, placing a repair patch having a predefined thickness and circumferential shape matching the recess in the recess, and fastening the repair patch to the solid member by use of a binder material. At least some of the elastic and thermal properties of the repair patch and the binder material are so that after fastening, the repair patch and the binder material in combination have elastic and thermal properties which are substantially the same as the corresponding properties of the surface section before machining.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/SInventors: Knud Nielsen Stenbaek, Alex Olesen, Henning Schröder
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Publication number: 20120114497Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade 1 having a first member 2 with a first joining surface and a second member 3 with a second joining surface. The method comprises applying at least one resin barrier 4,4a to one or both of the joining surfaces, and subsequently locating the first and the second members 2,3 adjacent each other so that they are joined by the at least one resin barrier 4,4a. Hereby at least one cavity is formed between the first and second joining surfaces, which cavity is delimited by the at least one resin barrier 4,4a. Subsequently resin 5 is filled into the at least one cavity, and the resin 5 is cured. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the first member 2 is a blade shell, and the second member is a blade spar 3. The invention further relates to a wind turbine blade 1 manufactured by such a method and to a wind turbine comprising such a wind turbine blade 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Leif Kappel Petersen, Henning Schröder
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Publication number: 20110085911Abstract: A fixing device for fixating a segment of a wind turbine blade to a mold in which the blade segment is manufactured, wherein the blade segment has a fixating portion. The fixing device comprises: a first portion for removably fixating the blade segment at its fixating portion to the mold; and a second portion for fixating the fixing device to the mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Henning Schroder, Leif Kappel Petersen, Maja Rose Wieland, Olav Davis
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Publication number: 20110044820Abstract: The present invention relates to a consolidated composite pre-form for reinforcing a composite structure, said pre-form comprising fibres and a binding agent, said pre-form having a sheet-like structure with an upper major surface and a lower major surface, and said pre-form being provided with recesses on at least a portion of at least one of said major surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Knud Stenbaek Nielsen, Henning Schroder
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Publication number: 20110036482Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of repairing a fibre composite solid member having a locally deteriorated surface area, such as having cracks or creases. The solid member may e.g. be a mould for the manufacturing of wind turbine blades or such blades. The method comprises machining a surface section comprising the locally deteriorated surface area in order to obtain a recess having a predefined depth and circumferential shape, placing a repair patch having a predefined thickness and circumferential shape matching the recess in the recess, and fastening the repair patch to the solid member by use of a binder material. At least some of the elastic and thermal properties of the repair patch and the binder material are so that after fastening, the repair patch and the binder material in combination have elastic and thermal properties which are substantially the same as the corresponding properties of the surface section before machining.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventors: Knud Nielsen Stenbaek, Alex Olesen, Henning Schroder