Patents by Inventor Steven Yi-Chi Kong

Steven Yi-Chi Kong 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).

  • System and method for minimizing energy loss due to yaw untwist of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 10519929
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for minimizing energy loss caused by yaw untwist of a nacelle of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via at least on sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. The method also includes processing, via a controller, the one or more wind conditions for a given time interval. Further, the method includes monitoring, via the controller, a position of the nacelle. The method also includes triggering, via the controller, a yaw untwist operation when the position of the nacelle has rotated from an original position above a predetermined yaw threshold and the processed wind conditions are below a predetermined wind condition threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vijaykumar Muppayya Hiremath, Steven Yi-Chi Kong, Sri Praabhu Jayaraman, Karthikeyan Appuraj
  • System and Method for Minimizing Energy Loss Due to Yaw Untwist of a Wind Turbine
    Publication number: 20180128241
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for minimizing energy loss caused by yaw untwist of a nacelle of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via at least on sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. The method also includes processing, via a controller, the one or more wind conditions for a given time interval. Further, the method includes monitoring, via the controller, a position of the nacelle. The method also includes triggering, via the controller, a yaw untwist operation when the position of the nacelle has rotated from an original position above a predetermined yaw threshold and the processed wind conditions are below a predetermined wind condition threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Vijaykumar Muppayya Hiremath, Steven Yi-Chi Kong, Sri Praabhu Jayaraman, Karthikeyan Appuraj