Patents by Inventor Sandra Ann Hoffecker

Sandra Ann Hoffecker 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 cooling system
    Patent number: 11885309
    Abstract: A wind turbine cooling system comprising a cooling circuit arranged to convey a cooling fluid to and from a heat source, a cooling device arranged to cool the cooling fluid, a 5 pump arranged to circulate the cooling fluid in the cooling circuit, and a cooling fluid tank arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and having a first fluid port adjacent a top of the tank and a second fluid port adjacent a bottom of the tank, wherein the second fluid port is arranged to communicate with the cooling circuit, wherein the pump has an outlet arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and in fluid 10 connection with the tank, and wherein a fluid path between the pump outlet and the tank includes a flow restriction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Erik Eduard Kostandyan, Poul T. Tietze, Sandra Ann Hoffecker, Carsten Krogh Nielsen
  • A WIND TURBINE COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220128042
    Abstract: A wind turbine cooling system comprising a cooling circuit arranged to convey a cooling fluid to and from a heat source, a cooling device arranged to cool the cooling fluid, a 5 pump arranged to circulate the cooling fluid in the cooling circuit, and a cooling fluid tank arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and having a first fluid port adjacent a top of the tank and a second fluid port adjacent a bottom of the tank, wherein the second fluid port is arranged to communicate with the cooling circuit, wherein the pump has an outlet arranged in fluid connection with the cooling circuit and in fluid 10 connection with the tank, and wherein a fluid path between the pump outlet and the tank includes a flow restriction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Eduard Kostandyan, Poul T. Tietze, Sandra Ann Hoffecker, Carsten Krogh Nielsen