Patents by Inventor Kristen HANRAHAN

Kristen HANRAHAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230347612
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a spar cap for a wind turbine blade part, comprise the steps of: providing a plurality of precured elongated fibre reinforced resin elements stacking the plurality of fibre reinforced elements, an interlayer of an elongated non-cured fibre material being arranged between successive fibre reinforced elements, thereby forming a stack of precured fibre reinforced elements, moving the stack of fibre reinforced elements to a spar cap mould comprising a mould bottom and mould side walls, arranging the stack of fibre reinforced elements in the cavity of the spar cap mould infusing resin into the stack of fibre reinforced elements in the mould allow the resin to cure and demould the stack
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kristen HANRAHAN, Justin HUNTER, Christopher BOON, Tanner KNOBLOCK, Jasper KNOBLOCK
  • Publication number: 20230166472
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: providing one or more individual pultrusions including a first tapering end with a tapering end face terminating in a taper tip, and arranging the one or more pultrusions in one layer or more stacked layers including at least a bottom layer on a first assembly surface at a first assembly station to provide a pultrusion arrangement extending in a longitudinal direction between a pultrusion root end and a pultrusion tip end, wherein the first tapering end of the one or more pultrusions form the pultrusion root end or the pultrusion tip end of the pultrusion arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kristen HANRAHAN, Tanner KNOBLOCK, Justin HUNTER, Jasper KNOBLOCK, Jeppe JØRGENSEN
  • Publication number: 20230071090
    Abstract: A main laminate forming a load carrying structure for a wind turbine blade, the main laminate extending in a spanwise direction from a proximal end through a transition region to a distal end, wherein the main laminate comprises: a top side, a bottom side, and a thickness direction extending between the top side and the bottom side; a pultrusion portion including a bottom pultrusion element extending to a transition end of a transition portion located in the transition region of the main laminate; a plurality of stacked fibre-reinforced elements including bottom and top fibre-reinforced elements extending to a transition end of a transition portion located in the transition region, wherein the pultrusion portion and the plurality of fibre-reinforced elements are connected by a joint in the transition region of the main laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rama RAZEGHI, Klavs JESPERSEN, Kristen HANRAHAN