Patents by Inventor Jan Kjærsgaard Petersen

Jan Kjærsgaard Petersen 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).

  • IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO WIND TURBINE BLADE ROOT COVER
    Publication number: 20230009729
    Abstract: A blade root cover segment suitable for fitting to a wind turbine blade to span a gap between the blade and a spinner cover. The blade root cover segment includes a first end and a second end and comprises: a curved flange for abutting against a correspondingly curved surface of the wind turbine blade; a cover wall extending radially from the flange; and a tensioning band associated with the flange. The tensioning band comprises a first end proximate to the first end of the blade root cover segment and a second end proximate to the second end of the blade root cover segment, and wherein the first end and the second end of the tensioning band include connection means for connecting with and applying tension between a like blade root collar segment. The invention also encompasses a blade root cover comprising a plurality of blade root cover segments. The invention also extends to a method of assembling a blade root cover from a plurality of blade root cover segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Niels Martin Henriksen, Jan Kjærsgaard Petersen, Niels Thomas Bengtson, Ole Mølgaard Jeppesen, Jesper Horsager Nielsen
  • Nacelle base frame assembly for a wind turbine
    Patent number: 11286914
    Abstract: A base frame assembly (24) for supporting a main shaft housing of a wind turbine comprises a base frame (50) having a plurality of mounting pads (42) for receiving the main shaft housing (20) thereon; and a brace component (52) comprising a plurality of arm portions (54), each arm portion (54) terminating in a respective support plate (56). Each one of the mounting pads (42) of the base frame (50) is configured to interface with and be secured to a corresponding one of the support plates (56) of the brace component (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Møller Christiansen, Erik Markussen, Ivan Bech Lauridsen, Jan Kjærsgaard Petersen, Anders Haslund Liingaard
  • NACELLE BASE FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20190136837
    Abstract: A base frame assembly (24) for supporting a main shaft housing of a wind turbine comprises a base frame (50) having a plurality of mounting pads (42) for receiving the main shaft housing (20) thereon; and a brace component (52) comprising a plurality of arm portions (54), each arm portion (54) terminating in a respective support plate (56). Each one of the mounting pads (42) of the base frame (50) is configured to interface with and be secured to a corresponding one of the support plates (56) of the brace component (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Møller Christiansen, Erik Markussen, Ivan Bech Lauridsen, Jan Kjærsgaard Petersen, Anders Haslund Liingaard