Patents by Inventor Jonathan Luedke

Jonathan Luedke 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 blade with noise reducing micro boundary layer energizers
    Patent number: 10400744
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge, each extending between a blade tip and a root. The rotor blade additionally defining a span and a chord. The blade assembly further includes a plurality of micro boundary layer energizers positioned on a surface of the pressure side of the rotor blade. The plurality of micro boundary layer energizers extending one of above or below a neutral plane of the rotor blade. The micro boundary layer energizers are shaped and positioned chordwise to delay separation of a boundary layer at a low angle of attack. A wind turbine including the blade assembly is additionally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Saskia Gerarda Honhoff, Stefan Herr, Jonathan Luedke, Kevin Kinzie
  • WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH NOISE REDUCING MICRO BOUNDARY LAYER ENERGIZERS
    Publication number: 20170314530
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge and a trailing edge, each extending between a blade tip and a root. The rotor blade additionally defining a span and a chord. The blade assembly further includes a plurality of micro boundary layer energizers positioned on a surface of the pressure side of the rotor blade. The plurality of micro boundary layer energizers extending one of above or below a neutral plane of the rotor blade. The micro boundary layer energizers are shaped and positioned chordwise to delay separation of a boundary layer at a low angle of attack. A wind turbine including the blade assembly is additionally disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Saskia Gerarda Honhoff, Stefan Herr, Jonathan Luedke, Kevin Kinzie