Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Daniels

Jeffrey M. Daniels 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).

  • Internal yaw drive exchange for a wind turbine tower
    Patent number: 8250758
    Abstract: A method for removing and replacing an article of wind turbine equipment, such as a yaw drive, internal to a nacelle of a wind turbine tower without use of an external windfarm site crane or external rigging on the wind tower. External rigging of wind turbine tower components may expose workers and the equipment inside the nacelle to outside weather and hazardous wind conditions. The yaw drive is internally rigged with an internal support crane within the nacelle to an internal winch capable of supporting the yaw drive during a lift to the base of the wind turbine tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Daniels
  • INTERNAL YAW DRIVE EXCHANGE FOR A WIND TURBINE TOWER
    Publication number: 20100111665
    Abstract: A method for removing and replacing an article of wind turbine equipment, such as a yaw drive, internal to a nacelle of a wind turbine tower without use of an external windfarm site crane or external rigging on the wind tower. External rigging of wind turbine tower components may expose workers and the equipment inside the nacelle to outside weather and hazardous wind conditions. The yaw drive is internally rigged with an internal support crane within the nacelle to an internal winch capable of supporting the yaw drive during a lift to the base of the wind turbine tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Daniels