Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Butterworth

Jeffrey A. Butterworth 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 air deflector system control
    Patent number: 10385826
    Abstract: One or more controllers may perform one or more methods to control one or more air deflector units of one or more wind turbine rotor blades. The methods include per-blade control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce blade loading caused by wind gusts. The methods also include collective control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce tower motion and/or rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Butterworth, Tobias G. Wehrhan
  • Wind turbine air deflector system control
    Patent number: 9926911
    Abstract: One or more controllers may perform one or more methods to control one or more air deflector units of one or more wind turbine rotor blades. The methods include per-blade control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce blade loading caused by wind gusts. The methods also include collective control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce tower motion and/or rotor speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Butterworth, Tobias G. Wehrhan
  • Wind Turbine Air Deflector System Control
    Publication number: 20160076517
    Abstract: One or more controllers may perform one or more methods to control one or more air deflector units of one or more wind turbine rotor blades. The methods include per-blade control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce blade loading caused by wind gusts. The methods also include collective control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce tower motion and/or rotor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Butterworth, Tobias G. Wehrhan
  • Wind Turbine Air Deflector System Control
    Publication number: 20160076516
    Abstract: One or more controllers may perform one or more methods to control one or more air deflector units of one or more wind turbine rotor blades. The methods include per-blade control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce blade loading caused by wind gusts. The methods also include collective control methods that may be performed, e.g., to reduce tower motion and/or rotor speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Butterworth, Tobias G. Wehrhan