Patents by Inventor LUIS A. MAILLY

LUIS A. MAILLY 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 segment and method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade segment
    Patent number: 9283726
    Abstract: A method of forming a wind turbine component, the method including forming a segment (10, 12) by impregnating a portion (18, 20) of a fiber reinforcement (50) with a thermoset resin (60) up to a boundary (56), curing the thermoset resin, and leaving unimpregnated fiber reinforcement (22) extending from the boundary. The component may then be assembled by impregnating and joining the unimpregnated fiber reinforcement of two such segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John M. Obrecht, Luis A. Mailly
  • WIND TURBINE BLADE SEGMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE WIND TURBINE BLADE SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20150123323
    Abstract: A method of forming a wind turbine component, the method including forming a segment (10, 12) by impregnating a portion (18, 20) of a fiber reinforcement (50) with a thermoset resin (60) up to a boundary (56), curing the thermoset resin, and leaving unimpregnated fiber reinforcement (22) extending from the boundary. The component may then be assembled by impregnating and joining the unimpregnated fiber reinforcement of two such segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: John M. Obrecht, Luis A. Mailly
  • WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING A TENSILE-ONLY STIFFENER FOR PASSIVE CONTROL OF FLAP MOVEMENT
    Publication number: 20140356181
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade, including: an airfoil (50) having a pressure side (12), a suction side (14), and a trailing edge portion (20) deflectable from a trailing edge neutral position, and a tensile-only stiffener (52) secured to the trailing edge portion and having a tension center disposed toward the pressure side of and at a distance (54) from an elastic axis (30) of the airfoil when the airfoil is in an airfoil neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: LUIS A. MAILLY