Patents by Inventor Sören Bilges

Sören Bilges 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: 10167848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Senvion GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Hendus, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Publication number: 20160003220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Wittekind, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Patent number: 8386085
    Abstract: A method of operating a wind turbine, comprising the steps of measuring a meteorological value and using the measured meteorological value to preset a desired value for the turbine operation, to select an operation condition and/or to determine a boundary condition for the turbine operation, wherein the measured meteorological value is an air mass flow caused by the wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Schwarze, Nils Nommensen, Wolfgang Kabatzke, Soeren Bilges
  • Patent number: 8102067
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, which features a wind velocity measurement device and a device for the detection of a mechanical load, with the following steps: measuring a wind velocity with the wind velocity measurement device, detecting a mechanical load with the device for the detection of a mechanical load, determining an estimated value for the wind velocity, based on the determined mechanical load, comparing the wind velocity measured by means of the wind velocity measurement device with the estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Sören Bilges, Holger Schwarze
  • Publication number: 20100320761
    Abstract: A method of operating a wind turbine, comprising the steps of measuring a meteorological value and using the measured meteorological value to preset a desired value for the turbine operation, to select an operation condition and/or to determine a boundary condition for the turbine operation, wherein the measured meteorological value is an air mass flow caused by the wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Schwarze, Nils Nommensen, Wolfgang Kabatzke, Soeren Bilges