Patents by Inventor Stefan Skutnik

Stefan Skutnik 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).

  • Tethered wing system for wind energy use
    Patent number: 10053216
    Abstract: A tethered passive wing system for the conversion of flow energy into electric energy which exhibits optimized aerodynamic and mechanical properties for reliable and efficient operation and is only connected through one or more tensile elements to a converter unit and comprises an optimized combination of rigid, non-flexural structural elements such as, for example, beams and shell structures and flexible fabric structures, such as, for example, membranes, films, laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ENERKITE GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bormann, Stefan Skutnik, Christian Gebhardt, Maximilian Ranneberg
  • TETHERED WING SYSTEM FOR WIND ENERGY USE
    Publication number: 20150225080
    Abstract: A tethered passive wing system for the conversion of flow energy into electric energy which exhibits optimized aerodynamic and mechanical properties for reliable and efficient operation and is only connected through one or more tensile elements to a converter unit and comprises an optimized combination of rigid, non-flexural structural elements such as, for example, beams and shell structures and flexible fabric structures, such as, for example, membranes, films, laminates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Bormann, Stefan Skutnik, Christian Gebhardt, Maximilian Ranneberg