Patents by Inventor Ian Benjamin Wise

Ian Benjamin Wise 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 GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20130214628
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator has a drive end at which one or more turbine blades are mountable and a non-drive end. The wind turbine generator comprises an external stator having a radially inner surface and an internal rotor having a radially outer surface, an air gap being defined between the rotor and the stator. A main bearing arrangement is provided at the drive end and acts between the rotor and the stator to mount the rotor for rotation about the stator and a stabiliser beating is provided at the non-drive end and acts between the rotor and the stator to stabilise the rotor and stator and maintain and control the air gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Graham Le Flem, Ian Benjamin Wise, Joseph Eugene, John Frederick Hill