Patents by Inventor Mogens Nielsen

Mogens Nielsen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250214310
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform building element used for building a wind turbine rotor blade, that is manufactured from one or more fiber mat components and at least one further component arranged on a molding surface of a mold, wherein one or more fiber mat components are arranged one after the other on the further component and/or on previously arranged fiber mat components, wherein the fiber mat component is laid out at least sectionally on the respective directly subjacent component with a moving boundary of a contact area, at which the laid out fiber mat comes into contact with the subjacent component, during laying out of the or each fiber mat component, a binding agent is applied at least sectionally to the boundary and/or a binding agent supplied in the laid-out fiber mat component and/or in the subjacent component is activated at least sectionally at and/or behind the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jens Grandjean Joergensen, Anette Struve Nielsen, Mogens Nielsen, Harald Stecher
  • Patent number: 12331714
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing at least a portion of rotor blade for a wind turbine, the method including: casting at least a portion of an rotor blade outer surface using a casting material thereby at least partially embedding at least one fluid convey tube into the casting material, the fluid convey tube being provided for conveying fluid into or out of a deformable container for adjusting an adjustable flow regulating device of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Claus Burchardt, Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12313032
    Abstract: A blade for a wind turbine includes: a suction side and a pressure side extending between a leading edge and the trailing edge, an energy distribution system having at least one external portion protruding from the suction side or the pressure side, at least one aerodynamic element attached to the suction side or the pressure side for aerodynamically shielding the external portion of the energy distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20250162840
    Abstract: Lifting yoke for lifting a building element (2) used for building a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the lifting yoke (1) comprises a main body (3) and at least one attachment device (6), wherein the main body (3) is arrangeable hanging on a hoisting means and wherein the attachment device (6) comprises at least one attachment means (7) attachable to a surface (11, 16) of a building element (2) to be lifted, wherein the attachment device (6) is pivotable with and without attached building element (2) at least between a first position and a second position, wherein the attachment means (7) is pointing downwards in the first position for attachment to a top side surface of a building element (2) and upwards in the second position for attachment to a bottom side surface of a building element (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12297801
    Abstract: Provided is a method for connecting two wind turbine blade portions, the method including the steps of: a) providing) a first wind turbine blade portion and a second wind turbine blade portion, b) providing a plurality of first markers on the first blade portion and providing a plurality of second markers on the second blade portion, c) determining of target positions of the first markers and the second markers, d) aligning the wind turbine blade portions to each other and comparing actual positions of the first markers and the second markers with the target positions, and e) connecting the wind turbine blade portions together. Therefore, a shape accuracy of a wind turbine blade can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Randrup Daugaard Henrichsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12285828
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a wind turbine blade having a blade body including a body part and a tip part, the blade being produced by using a mold, wherein a prefabricated tip part having a first connection interface is arranged adjacent to the mold for producing the body part, whereby building elements for building the body part are arranged in the mold providing a second connection interface which corresponds to and connects to the first connection interface, whereafter both connection interfaces are fixed by applying a fixing agent and curing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Randrup Daugaard Henrichsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20250128452
    Abstract: A Mold arrangement for producing a preform element of a wind turbine blade is provided, including a mold carrier with a receiving section having a three-dimensional receiving surface for receiving a mold element and at least one transferable and flexible plate-like mold element adapted to receive preform building material and arrangeable on the receiving surface, which flexible mold element adapts to the three-dimensional geometry of the receiving surface when positioned on the receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Anette Struve Nielsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12281641
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided, the wind turbine blade including: an electrical conductor for conducting lighting strikes towards a hub of the wind turbine, a fiber sock fully enclosing the electrical conductor when seen in cross-section, a support element, and at least one finger connecting the support element and the fiber sock, the fiber sock, the support element and the at least one finger being made of electrically conductive fibers for conducting lightning strikes from the support element to the electrical conductor. Such a fiber sock mitigates the risk of delamination around the electrical conductor resulting from injected high voltages in case of lightning strikes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Allan Hurup, Michael Nauheimer, Mogens Nielsen, Michael Noerlem, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 12275169
    Abstract: Provided is a mold adapted for producing at least a part of a wind turbine blade, including a support and shell fixed to the support for accommodating blade building elements to be embedded in a resin matrix, wherein the shell includes at least one main body shell element and several diverse tip shell elements, which are exchangeably fixable to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Soeren Randrup Daugaard Henrichsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20250101957
    Abstract: Wind turbine rotor blade comprising a shell (13), a web structure (14), and a lightning down conductor arrangement (6), wherein the rotor blade (2) extends in a spanwise direction between a tip-side end (10) and a root-side end (9), wherein the web structure (15) is made from at least one fiber-laminate-based structure, wherein the lightning down conductor arrangement (6) comprises at least one web terminal (16) at least partly embedded in the web structure (15) and at least one root-side end terminal (8) arranged in a root-side end portion of the shell (13) in a spanwise distance to the web terminal (16), wherein the root-side end terminal (8) is connected to the web terminal (16) by an end conductor (19) arranged at the inner surface (20) of the shell (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventor: Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20250083337
    Abstract: A vacuum lifting device is provided including at least one three-dimensional suction cup section defining an inner suction volume and at least one flat surface cover, wherein the surface cover is adapted to cover a portion of a surface of a lifted object in a cover area surrounding the suction cup section, wherein the surface cover extends from an edge of the suction cup section around the suction cup section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jens Grandjean Joergensen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20250052226
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an adaptable pre-cast resin-infused carbon-fiber beam, which method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of elongate carbon-fiber blocks side by side; arranging sheets to enclose the blocks and to extend over opposing faces of adjacent blocks; arranging the sheets to converge as an outwardly projecting elongate bead at a junction between adjacent blocks; and pulling on the elongate bead to inhibit resin flow between blocks during a resin infusion step. Also provided is a pre-cast adaptable carbon-fiber beam manufactured using that method; a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade; and a wind turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Allan Hurup, Mogens Nielsen, Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 12188447
    Abstract: A strip for a spar cap is provided, wherein the strip is made from a composite material including a matrix and a reinforcement, and includes a first and second end region connected together in a longitudinal direction by an intermediate region having two mutually opposed longitudinally extending and parallelly disposed intermediate surfaces, wherein a thickness is determinable perpendicular to the two intermediate surfaces and a width is determinable perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the thickness, wherein at least one of the first and the second end regions is a chamfered end region, wherein the at least one chamfered end region is simultaneously chamfered along the width and the thickness, wherein the at least one chamfered end region has a first edge at the intermediate region and a second edge at its free end, wherein the first edge and the second edge are substantially parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Mogens Nielsen, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20250001711
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform element made of preform building material for a wind turbine blade is provided, wherein the preform building material is arranged in a sealed vacuum bag arranged in a shape defining mold, whereafter the vacuum bag is evacuated for vacuum fixating the preform building material in the shape defined by the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Anette Struve Nielsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12180925
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an adaptable pre-cast resin-infused carbon-fiber beam, which method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of elongate carbon-fiber blocks side by side; arranging sheets to enclose the blocks and to extend over opposing faces of adjacent blocks; arranging the sheets to converge as an outwardly projecting elongate bead at a junction between adjacent blocks; and pulling on the elongate bead to inhibit resin flow between blocks during a resin infusion step. Also provided is a pre-cast adaptable carbon-fiber beam manufactured using that method; a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade; and a wind turbine rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Allan Hurup, Mogens Nielsen, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20240399626
    Abstract: An oven arrangement is provided, adapted to heat preform building material arranged on at least one plate-like carrier for producing preform building elements used for building a rotor blade of a wind turbine, including at least one oven and at least one lifting means, wherein the oven includes a housing adapted to receive the carrier, wherein the housing includes an opening at a bottom side of the housing for positioning the carrier in the interior of the housing by lowering the oven over the carrier using the lifting means, wherein the oven includes at least one heating means and/or wherein the oven is connectable to a heat supplying means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20240391186
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing at least a part of a wind turbine blade in a resin-based casting process using a mold is provided, wherein at least one preform element, at least one further preform element and at least one laminate supporting element are arranged in the mold, wherein the preform element is arranged on a molding surface of the mold and extends over a section of the circumference of the blade part to be manufactured, wherein the laminate supporting element is arranged on the preform element and the further preform element is arranged on the laminate supporting element, wherein the preform element and the further preform element extend over the entire circumference of the blade part to be manufactured, wherein the preform elements are at least partly infused with a resin for casting of the blade part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Anette Struve Nielsen, Mogens Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20240391185
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform building element used for building a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. A plurality of components is arranged at least partly overlappingly in a component stack on a surface of a carrier, wherein the component stack includes a plurality of sections with overlapping components between which a binding agent is arranged, wherein the sections of the stack include at least partly a different thickness and/or different types of components, wherein the component stack is heated using a heating source for activating the binding agent, wherein during the heating, at least one heat input reduction is used to reduce the heat input in the binding agent in at least one of the sections of the component stack for reducing binding agent migration during the activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mogens Nielsen, Enok Johannes Haahr Skjoelstrup, Samuel Robert van Oosterom
  • Publication number: 20240359369
    Abstract: An oven arrangement, adapted to heat preform building material arranged on a plurality of transportable, plate-like carriers for producing preform building elements used for building a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided, including at least two oven units, wherein each oven unit has a housing adapted to receive one or more carriers with at least one closable opening for loading and unloading the carriers, wherein the housings of the oven units are stackable in such manner that the openings are arranged above each other on one side of the stack, wherein each oven unit includes at least one heating device and/or wherein each oven unit is connectable to a mutual heat supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Mogens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 12110861
    Abstract: Provide is a rotor blade for a wind turbine, including a hollow blade body with a root and a tip, wherein the blade body is split along a split plane into two body parts, one extending from the root to a first connection section and the other extending from a second connection section to the tip, wherein the first and the second connection sections are adapted to overlap each other in the connected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
    Inventors: Claus Burchardt, Allan Hurup, Mogens Nielsen