Patents by Inventor Moritz Dreher

Moritz Dreher 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: 12085062
    Abstract: A method is for operating a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a nacelle including a nacelle component, in particular a rotor bearing, and a nacelle air flow influencing unit. The nacelle air flow influencing unit is configured to influence an air flow entering, flowing through and/or exiting the nacelle. The method includes: determining an operating condition of the nacelle component, determining a cooling demand of the nacelle component dependent on the determined operating condition of the nacelle component, controlling an operation of the nacelle air flow influencing unit dependent on the cooling demand of the nacelle component to adapt the air flow to the cooling demand of the nacelle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Harich, Joachim Nitzpon, Florian Adler, Moritz Dreher, Björn Albertsen
  • Publication number: 20240060477
    Abstract: A method is for operating a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a nacelle including a nacelle component, in particular a rotor bearing, and a nacelle air flow influencing unit. The nacelle air flow influencing unit is configured to influence an air flow entering, flowing through and/or exiting the nacelle. The method includes: determining an operating condition of the nacelle component, determining a cooling demand of the nacelle component dependent on the determined operating condition of the nacelle component, controlling an operation of the nacelle air flow influencing unit dependent on the cooling demand of the nacelle component to adapt the air flow to the cooling demand of the nacelle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Martin Harich, Joachim Nitzpon, Florian Adler, Moritz Dreher, Björn Albertsen
  • Patent number: 10495070
    Abstract: A gearbox for a wind turbine, which has at least one first and one second shaft, which are arranged parallel to each other and supported in roller bearings. A preload device for the roller bearings is provided, wherein the preload device generates a preload force between the first and the second shaft and is supported with one end on the shafts in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Adler, Moritz Dreher
  • Publication number: 20180245571
    Abstract: A gearbox for a wind turbine, which has at least one first and one second shaft, which are arranged parallel to each other and supported in roller bearings. A preload device for the roller bearings is provided, wherein the preload device generates a preload force between the first and the second shaft and is supported with one end on the shafts in each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Adler, Moritz Dreher
  • Patent number: 9151274
    Abstract: A wind turbine has a nacelle wherein a component is equipped with a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the component, a second temperature sensor for detecting an outside temperature inside or outside the nacelle, a heater associated with a component to heat the latter, and a heater controller. The detected temperature of the component and the detected outside temperature are provided as input signals to the heater controller which activates the heater for heating when the detected temperature of the component is below a predetermined switch-on value for the heater. The switch-on value for the heater is, in at least one predetermined temperature interval, dependent on the detected outside temperature. The switch-on value for a first outside temperature is greater than the switch-on value for a second outside temperature in the temperature interval when the second outside temperature is greater than the first outside temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Moritz Dreher, Lars Scheibig, Frederic Radou
  • Publication number: 20120231405
    Abstract: A wind turbine has a nacelle wherein a component is equipped with a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the component, a second temperature sensor for detecting an outside temperature inside or outside the nacelle, a heater associated with a component to heat the latter, and a heater controller. The detected temperature of the component and the detected outside temperature are provided as input signals to the heater controller which activates the heater for heating when the detected temperature of the component is below a predetermined switch-on value for the heater. The switch-on value for the heater is, in at least one predetermined temperature interval, depending on the detected outside temperature. The switch-on value for a first outside temperature is greater than the switch-on value for a second outside temperature in the temperature interval when the second outside temperature is greater than the first outside temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Moritz Dreher, Lars Scheibig, Frederic Radou