Patents by Inventor Jeremy Charles Ridge

Jeremy Charles Ridge 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).

  • Hybrid-additive gear for a wind turbine gearbox
    Patent number: 11660671
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planet gear or a sun gear of a gearbox of a wind turbine includes forming a base of the planet gear via at least one of casting or forging. The base of the planet gear includes an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. Therefore, at least one of the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the planet gear includes a plurality of net or near-net gear teeth. The method also includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the base of the gear and at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth of the gear via an additive manufacturing process so as to increase a hardness of the portions of the base and the plurality of gear teeth that includes the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Wertz, Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, Souvik Porel, Ganesh Raut, Jeremy Charles Ridge
  • HYBRID-ADDITIVE GEAR FOR A WIND TURBINE GEARBOX
    Publication number: 20210123418
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a planet gear or a sun gear of a gearbox of a wind turbine includes forming a base of the planet gear via at least one of casting or forging. The base of the planet gear includes an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface. Therefore, at least one of the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the planet gear includes a plurality of net or near-net gear teeth. The method also includes applying a coating material to at least a portion of the base of the gear and at least a portion of the plurality of gear teeth of the gear via an additive manufacturing process so as to increase a hardness of the portions of the base and the plurality of gear teeth that includes the coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Wertz, Raed Zuhair Hasan, Adam Daniel Minadeo, Souvik Porel, Ganesh Raut, Jeremy Charles Ridge