Patents by Inventor Jes Grøn Andersen

Jes Grøn Andersen 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).

  • Patent number: 11603822
    Abstract: A method of erecting a wind turbine on a wind turbine site, the wind turbine comprising a turbine tower and a nacelle. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of tower sections being arrangeable upon each other in a vertical orientation in a tower structure to form the turbine tower; providing at least one damper unit configured to dampen oscillations of the turbine tower; attaching a damper unit to one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging the tower section in the tower structure, and arranging the nacelle on top of the tower structure while the damper unit is attached to a tower section in the tower structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen, Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Jakob Anders Sørensen
  • Patent number: 11603678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tower damper adapted to be mounted in a wind turbine tower, the tower damper comprising a pendulum structure adapted to be suspended in the wind turbine tower; a plurality of springs arranged to dampen movements of the pendulum structure; a suspension arrangement for suspending the pendulum structure; and a chamber holding a damping liquid into which damping liquid the pendulum structure is at least partly immersed. The present invention further relates to a wind turbine comprising a tower damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Peter Sigfred Mortensen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Miroslava Vastlová
  • Patent number: 11560878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a damper unit for damping oscillations of a tower structure when secured thereto, the damper unit comprising a damper unit structure adapted for attachment to the tower structure, a pendulum structure, a suspension arrangement for suspending the pendulum structure from the damper unit structure such that the pendulum structure is allowed to displace from a neutral position for the pendulum structure, the suspension arrangement comprising one or more wires for suspending the pendulum structure, a sensor adapted for measuring oscillations of the tower structure, and tuning means configured for adjusting the natural frequency of the suspended pendulum structure in response to measured oscillations of the tower structure. The present invention further relates to an associated method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen
  • Publication number: 20220252047
    Abstract: A method of erecting a wind turbine on a wind turbine site, the wind turbine comprising a turbine tower and a nacelle. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of tower sections being arrangeable upon each other in a vertical orientation in a tower structure to form the turbine tower; providing at least one damper unit configured to dampen oscillations of the turbine tower; attaching a damper unit to one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging the tower section in the tower structure, and arranging the nacelle on top of the tower structure while the damper unit is attached to a tower section in the tower structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen, Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Jakob Anders Sørensen
  • Patent number: 11346324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of erecting a wind turbine on a wind turbine site. The wind turbine comprises a turbine tower and a nacelle. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of tower sections being arrangeable upon each other in a vertical orientation in a tower structure to form the turbine tower, providing at least two damper units configured to dampen oscillations of the turbine tower, attaching one of the at least two damper units to one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, attaching a subsequent one of the at least two damper units to another one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, while the previous one of the at least two damper units is still attached to the previous one of the plurality of tower sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen, Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Jakob Anders Sørensen
  • Publication number: 20210254605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a damper unit for damping oscillations of a tower structure when secured thereto, the damper unit comprising a damper unit structure adapted for attachment to the tower structure, a pendulum structure, a suspension arrangement for suspending the pendulum structure from the damper unit structure such that the pendulum structure is allowed to displace from a neutral position for the pendulum structure, the suspension arrangement comprising one or more wires for suspending the pendulum structure, a sensor adapted for measuring oscillations of the tower structure, and tuning means configured for adjusting the natural frequency of the suspended pendulum structure in response to measured oscillations of the tower structure. The present invention further relates to an associated method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen
  • Publication number: 20210246880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of erecting a wind turbine on a wind turbine site. The wind turbine comprises a turbine tower and a nacelle. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of tower sections being arrangeable upon each other in a vertical orientation in a tower structure to form the turbine tower, providing at least two damper units configured to dampen oscillations of the turbine tower, attaching one of the at least two damper units to one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, attaching a subsequent one of the at least two damper units to another one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, while the previous one of the at least two damper units is still attached to the previous one of the plurality of tower sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Rasmus Sanderhoff Johansen, Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Jakob Anders Sørensen
  • Publication number: 20200332548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tower damper adapted to be mounted in a wind turbine tower, the tower damper comprising a pendulum structure adapted to be suspended in the wind turbine tower; a plurality of springs arranged to dampen movements of the pendulum structure; a suspension arrangement for suspending the pendulum structure; and a chamber holding a damping liquid into which damping liquid the pendulum structure is at least partly immersed. The present invention further relates to a wind turbine comprising a tower damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Sigfred Mortensen, Jes Grøn Andersen, Miroslava Vastlová