Patents by Inventor Kenneth Traelle Hoerning

Kenneth Traelle Hoerning 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).

  • Lightning protection for a direct drive wind turbine
    Patent number: 11852121
    Abstract: Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Kenneth Traelle Hoerning, Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Henrik Abild Jensen
  • LIGHTNING PROTECTION FOR A DIRECT DRIVE WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20200300228
    Abstract: Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Traelle Hoerning, Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Henrik Abild Jensen