Patents by Inventor Malte Könitz

Malte Könitz 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: 11215168
    Abstract: There is provided a wind turbine comprising a tower which has a wall, a cooling device having an air inlet unit and an air outlet unit which are provided in the lower region of the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit each have an outer portion, a central portion and a shutter unit. The outer portions are provided outside the wall of the tower, the central portions are provided in the region of the wall of the tower and the shutter units are provided within the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit have fixing units, by means of which the central portions can be fixed to the wall of the tower from the interior of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Malte Könitz
  • Patent number: 11002253
    Abstract: A wind turbine is provided having a foundation, a tower with a tower wall, at least one component to be cooled within the tower wall, a first cooling unit within the tower wall for cooling the components to be cooled, a second cooling unit, which is provided at least partially outside the tower wall, and a medium-voltage switchgear assembly within the tower wall. The wind turbine further has at least one fault arc duct between the medium-voltage switchgear assembly and the second cooling unit. At least one cooling duct or a cooling line between the first and second cooling unit is also provided. The second cooling unit has a heat exchanger which is coupled to the cooling duct or the cooling line, and a pressure-release unit which serves to guide a pressure wave formed inside the medium-voltage switchgear assembly and transmitted via the fault arc duct to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Malte Könitz
  • Publication number: 20200284243
    Abstract: A wind turbine is provided having a foundation, a tower with a tower wall, at least one component to be cooled within the tower wall, a first cooling unit within the tower wall for cooling the components to be cooled, a second cooling unit, which is provided at least partially outside the tower wall, and a medium-voltage switchgear assembly within the tower wall. The wind turbine further has at least one fault arc duct between the medium-voltage switchgear assembly and the second cooling unit. At least one cooling duct or a cooling line between the first and second cooling unit is also provided. The second cooling unit has a heat exchanger which is coupled to the cooling duct or the cooling line, and a pressure-release unit which serves to guide a pressure wave formed inside the medium-voltage switchgear assembly and transmitted via the fault arc duct to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Malte KÖNITZ
  • Publication number: 20180252204
    Abstract: A wind power installation in which conduits through which a cooling medium flows are passed from the interior of the wind power installation through the tower wall or through the foundation outwardly, and the cooling conduits in the heat exchanger bear externally against the tower or are arranged there and are arranged between the tower wall and a cover of the wall of the cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jan DE VRIES, Kai ENSKONATUS, Malte KÖNITZ
  • Patent number: 10024378
    Abstract: A vibration absorber module for a vibration-absorbing device, in particular for a vibration-absorbing device realized for suspended attachment of the vibration absorber module to a structural installation, having a bearing structure, a pendulum system, having a pendulum mass, and having a suspension system for suspending the pendulum mass on the bearing structure, the suspension system having a number of pendulum spring elements and having a pendulum mass suspension, which extends between the pendulum mass and the bearing suspension, in the direction of a suspension axis, and the pendulum mass suspension being fastened, by means of its suspension head, to the bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Könitz, Martin Kraft
  • Publication number: 20180187656
    Abstract: There is provided a wind turbine comprising a tower which has a wall, a cooling device having an air inlet unit and an air outlet unit which are provided in the lower region of the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit each have an outer portion, a central portion and a shutter unit. The outer portions are provided outside the wall of the tower, the central portions are provided in the region of the wall of the tower and the shutter units are provided within the tower. The air inlet unit and the air outlet unit have fixing units, by means of which the central portions can be fixed to the wall of the tower from the interior of the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Malte KÖNITZ
  • Publication number: 20150322923
    Abstract: A vibration absorber module for a vibration-absorbing device, in particular for a vibration-absorbing device realized for suspended attachment of the vibration absorber module to a structural installation, having a bearing structure, a pendulum system, having a pendulum mass, and having a suspension system for suspending the pendulum mass on the bearing structure, the suspension system having a number of pendulum spring elements and having a pendulum mass suspension, which extends between the pendulum mass and the bearing suspension, in the direction of a suspension axis, and the pendulum mass suspension being fastened, by means of its suspension head, to the bearing structure. The pendulum mass suspension is fastened to the bearing structure by means of a head joint, which has a pendulum bearing realized as a slide bearing, and at least one pendulum spring element of the number of pendulum spring elements extends in the direction of the suspension axis, between the pendulum mass and the bearing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Malte Könitz, Martin Kraft