Patents by Inventor Mads Bækgaard Thomsen

Mads Bækgaard Thomsen 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: 9103319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for positioning an airship 100 at a wind turbine generator. The method comprises the step of docking the airship 100 at the wind turbine generator with a forwards docking section, a rearwards docking section, a sideways docking section, or an upwards docking section of the airship being connected to the wind turbine generator. After the airship 100 has docked, at least one wind turbine generator component or at least one person is unloaded from the airship or loaded from the wind turbine generator to the airship. Docking of the airship 100 may be performed at one of the following components of the wind turbine generator: the nacelle 116, the hub 118, the tower, one or more of the blades 120, the foundation, or a substation of the wind turbine generator. The invention also relates to use of an airship 100 for being connected to a wind turbine generator and for loading or unloading wind turbine generator components or personnel to or from the wind turbine generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Rune Kirt, Mads Bækgaard Thomsen, Duncan Galbraith
  • Patent number: 9022315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling at least one wind turbine generator component 104, 106, 108. The method comprises the steps of loading said at least one wind turbine generator component 104, 106, 108 to an airship 100 at a site of loading, transporting the airship 100 with the at least one wind turbine generator component from the site of loading of the at least one wind turbine generator component to the site of installation of the at least one wind turbine component, and unloading said at least one wind turbine generator component from the airship at the site of unloading by means one or more guide elements 150 extending between the at least one wind turbine generator component and another wind turbine generator component or the ground, the sea, a vehicle at the ground, or at a vessel at the sea. The invention also relates to use of an airship for installing wind turbine generator components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Rune Kirt, Mads Bækgaard Thomsen
  • Publication number: 20120091274
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling at least one wind turbine generator component 104, 106, 108. The method comprises the steps of loading said at least one wind turbine generator component 104, 106, 108 to an airship 100 at a site of loading, transporting the airship 100 with the at least one wind turbine generator component from the site of loading of the at least one wind turbine generator component to the site of installation of the at least one wind turbine component, and unloading said at least one wind turbine generator component from the airship at the site of unloading by means one or more guide elements 150 extending between the at least one wind turbine generator component and another wind turbine generator component or the ground, the sea, a vehicle at the ground, or at a vessel at the sea. The invention also relates to use of an airship for installing wind turbine generator components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Rune Kirt, Mads Bækgaard Thomsen
  • Publication number: 20120085864
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for positioning an airship 100 at a wind turbine generator. The method comprises the step of docking the airship 100 at the wind turbine generator with a forwards docking section, a rearwards docking section, a sideways docking section, or an upwards docking section of the airship being connected to the wind turbine generator. After the airship 100 has docked, at least one wind turbine generator component or at least one person is unloaded from the airship or loaded from the wind turbine generator to the airship. Docking of the airship 100 may be performed at one of the following components of the wind turbine generator: the nacelle 116, the hub 118, the tower, one or more of the blades 120, the foundation, or a substation of the wind turbine generator. The invention also relates to use of an airship 100 for being connected to a wind turbine generator and for loading or unloading wind turbine generator components or personnel to or from the wind turbine generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Rune Kirt, Mads Baekgaard Thomsen, Duncan Galbraith