Patents by Inventor Steffen Soerensen

Steffen Soerensen 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).

  • Direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system
    Patent number: 9531245
    Abstract: A direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The thermal control system includes a cooling system and a heating system. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink. The heating system includes at least one heating element being in thermal communication with the outer ring of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uffe Eriksen, Steffen Soerensen
  • Direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system
    Publication number: 20120282096
    Abstract: A direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The thermal control system includes a cooling system and a heating system. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink. The heating system includes at least one heating element being in thermal communication with the outer ring of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Uffe Eriksen, Steffen Soerensen