Patents by Inventor Mercedes Sanz Millan

Mercedes Sanz Millan 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).

  • Connection system for connecting component sections of wind turbine blades
    Patent number: 9574545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection system for connecting component sections of wind turbine blades, according to which one or more intermediate parts (2) formed by a complex structure defining end transverse partitions (2.1) and a central transverse partition (2.2), between which there extend columns (2.3) separated by openings (2.4), is arranged between the blade sections (1) to be connected, the openings (2.4) including short bolts or screws (3) that pass directly through the end transverse partitions (2.1) and long bolts or screws (3) that pass inside the columns (2.3), said bolts or screws (3) being screw-coupled to nut-like anchoring parts (4) housed in the material of the blade sections (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: INVESTIGACIONES Y DESARROLLOS EOLICOS S.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Montejo Yuste, Carlos Amezqueta Pueyo, Francisco Lahuerata Calahorra, Iñaki Nuin Martinez De Lagos, Javier Guelbenzu Blasco, Mercedes Sanz Millan, Marcos Del Rio Carbajo, Ana Belen Fariñas Castaño, Ernesto Saenz More
  • CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING COMPONENT SECTIONS OF WIND TURBINE BLADES
    Publication number: 20140271210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection system for connecting component sections of wind turbine blades, according to which one or more intermediate parts (2) formed complex structure defining end transverse partitions (2.1) and a central transverse partition (2.2), between which there extend columns (2.3) separated by openings (2.4), is arranged between the blade sections (1) to be connected, the openings (2.4) including short bolts or screws (3) that pass directly through the end transverse partitions (2.1) and long bolts or screws (3) that pass inside the columns (2.3), said bolts or screws (3) being screw-coupled to nut-like anchoring parts (4) housed in the material of the blade sections (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INVESTIGACIONES Y DESARROLLOS EOLICOS, S.L.
    Inventors: Roberto Montejo Yuste, Carlos Amezqueta Pueyo, Francisco Lahuerata Calahorra, Iñaki Nuin Martinez De Lagos, Javier Guelbenzu Blasco, Mercedes Sanz Millan, Marcos Del Rio Carbajo, Ana Belen Fariñas Castaño, Ernesto Saenz More