Patents by Inventor Rune Vestergaard

Rune Vestergaard 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).

  • Wind turbine blade and method for producing a wind turbine blade
    Patent number: 12392317
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine blade and a method for its production. The wind turbine blade comprises an upwind side shell part and a downwind side shell part. The upwind side shell part and the downwind side part are bonded together along at least one joint. At said at least one joint, the upwind side shall part and the downwind side shell part are bonded at an internal glue flange as well as at an external glue flange. The glue flange can be produced by using a mould insert along which the glue flange is laminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
    Inventors: Michael Wenani Nielsen, David Roberts, Rune Vestergaard, Maurits Bakkum
  • WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WIND TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20220145850
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine blade and a method for its production. The wind turbine blade comprises an upwind side shell part and a downwind side shell part. The upwind side shell part and the downwind side part are bonded together along at least one joint. At said at least one joint, the upwind side shall part and the downwind side shell part are bonded at an internal glue flange as well as at an external glue flange. The glue flange can be produced by using a mould insert along which the glue flange is laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Wenani NIELSEN, David ROBERTS, Rune VESTERGAARD, Maurits BAKKUM
  • Method to retrofit a wind turbine rotor blade with a replacement blade tip segment
    Patent number: 10900469
    Abstract: A method for retrofitting a wind turbine blade with a replacement blade tip segment includes producing a replacement blade tip segment with an internal beam receiver section, and producing a beam structure. The existing blade tip segment is cut away from the wind turbine blade, wherein the cut defines a chord-wise joint line at the remaining blade root segment of the wind turbine blade. The beam structure is fixed into spar structure of the blade root segment. The replacement blade tip segment is aligned and connected with the blade root segment in a span-wise direction so that the beam structure moves into the beam receiver section. A finish surface can be provided to the blade shell components of the blade root segment and the replacement tip segment at the joint line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Merzhaeuser, Rune Vestergaard, Bart Jan Veldkamp
  • Method to Retrofit a Wind Turbine Rotor Blade with a Replacement Blade Tip Segment
    Publication number: 20200132053
    Abstract: A method for retrofitting a wind turbine blade with a replacement blade tip segment includes producing a replacement blade tip segment with an internal beam receiver section, and producing a beam structure. The existing blade tip segment is cut away from the wind turbine blade, wherein the cut defines a chord-wise joint line at the remaining blade root segment of the wind turbine blade. The beam structure is fixed into spar structure of the blade root segment. The replacement blade tip segment is aligned and connected with the blade root segment in a span-wise direction so that the beam structure moves into the beam receiver section. A finish surface can be provided to the blade shell components of the blade root segment and the replacement tip segment at the joint line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Merzhaeuser, Rune Vestergaard, Bart Jan Veldkamp