Patents by Inventor Marcel WINKLER

Marcel WINKLER 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: 11473558
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to wind turbines, the rotor blades of which can be adjusted in terms of their pitch angle. The invention relates in particular to an actuating drive for adjusting the pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising a large rolling bearing which comprises two bearing rings that can be rotated relative to each other, and an actuator for rotating the two bearing rings relative to each other. According to the invention, the actuating drive comprises a ring channel cylinder, which is formed in one of the bearing rings, and at least one piston, which is received in the ring channel cylinder in a movable manner and is drivingly connected to the other bearing ring of the two bearing rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Dahl, Stephan Kreiner, Marcel Winkler, Markus Schuster, Christopher Fingerhut, Thomas Schulze
  • Publication number: 20210341020
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping torsional vibrations in a drivetrain, including a drive device and an output device, which drive device and output device are arranged so as to be rotatable around a common axis, a damping device that connects the drive device and the output device to one another, and a thrust bearing device for axial support of drive device and the output device. The drive device, cover device, and thrust bearing device are arranged such that a partially enclosed spatial region is formed, and at least one damping element of the damping device is arranged in the spatial region. Elements of the drive device, the cover device, the output device and the thrust bearing device are arranged to inhibit liquid entry into the spatial region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan HERZOG, Laura RÖDER, Marcel WINKLER, Miroslav CIZEK, Jakub SKLENICKA, Monika RÖßNER, Gerald VIERNEKES, Manfred ZIMMER