Patents by Inventor Thomas Buhl

Thomas Buhl 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: 12085055
    Abstract: A blade damping device for damping vibrations during standstill of a wind turbine blade, wherein the blade damping device is adapted to be detachably attached to the pressure side and/or the suction side of the airfoil region of the wind turbine blade, the blade damping device comprising a base plate adapted to conform to the exterior shape of the wind turbine blade when the blade damping device is attached to the wind turbine blade, and a spoiler protruding from the base plate to a spoiler height along a height direction and having a spoiler length along a length direction, the height direction being adapted to extend outwardly from the wind turbine blade, wherein the spoiler height is adapted to be at least 20% of a chord line located at two thirds of the blade length along the longitudinal axis from the root end of the wind turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LM WIND POWER A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Buhl, Jesper Madsen, Jordy Hertel Nilsson Van Kalken
  • Publication number: 20220356865
    Abstract: A blade damping device for damping vibrations during standstill of a wind turbine blade, wherein the blade damping device is adapted to be detachably attached to the pressure side and/or the suction side of the airfoil region of the wind turbine blade, the blade damping device comprising a base plate adapted to conform to the exterior shape of the wind turbine blade when the blade damping device is attached to the wind turbine blade, and a spoiler protruding from the base plate to a spoiler height along a height direction and having a spoiler length along a length direction, the height direction being adapted to extend outwardly from the wind turbine blade, wherein the spoiler height is adapted to be at least 20% of a chord line located at two thirds of the blade length along the longitudinal axis from the root end of the wind turbine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas BUHL, Jesper MADSEN, Jordy HERTEL NILSSON VAN KALKEN
  • Patent number: 8419363
    Abstract: A deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1), at least part of said section (3) being formed in a deformable material. The blade section (3) comprises one or more cavities (5) being in connection with or connectable to a fluid source in a way that allows fluid to stream from the fluid source to the cavity or cavities (5), so that the shape of the deformable trailing edge section (3) and thereby the camber of the blade cross-section (3) is changeable by the pressure of fluid in the cavity or cavities (5) with insignificant changes of the thickness and chord wise length of the deformable trailing edge section. Furthermore a wind turbine blade (1) is described, having at least one of such trailing edge section (s) (3) and to a system (11) for mounting a blade section (3) on a main blade (2) of a wind turbine. In addition a method of manufacturing a deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
    Inventors: Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen, Thomas Buhl, Morten Hartvig Hansen, Dan Christian Bak, Mac Gaunaa, Peter Bjørn Andersen
  • Publication number: 20100022565
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a calcilytic agent which, when administered orally to a subject induces a rapid and short-lasting absorption of the calcilytic agent and/or a rapid and short-lasting release of the parathyroid hormone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Buhl, Elisabete Goncalves, Oskar Kalb, Lorenz Meinel, Sibylle Reidemeister, Agnes Taillardat, Leo Widler
  • Patent number: 7632068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a design concept by which the power, loads and/or stability of a wind turbine may be controlled by typically fast variation of the geometry of the blades using active geometry control (e.g. smart materials or by embedded mechanical actuators), or using passive geometry control (e.g. changes arising from loading and/or deformation of the blade) or by a combination of the two methods. The invention relates in particular to a wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method of controlling a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
    Inventors: Dan Christian Bak, Thomas Buhl, Peter Fuglsang, Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20090290982
    Abstract: A deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1), at least part of said section (3) being formed in a deformable material. The blade section (3) comprises one or more cavities (5) being in connection with or connectable to a fluid source in a way that allows fluid to stream from the fluid source to the cavity or cavities (5), so that the shape of the deformable trailing edge section (3) and thereby the camber of the blade cross-section (3) is changeable by the pressure of fluid in the cavity or cavities (5) with insignificant changes of the thickness and chord wise length of the deformable trailing edge section. Furthermore a wind turbine blade (1) is described, having at least one of such trailing edge section (s) (3) and to a system (11) for mounting a blade section (3) on a main blade (2) of a wind turbine. In addition a method of manufacturing a deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen, Thomas Buhl, Morten Hartvig Hansen, Dan Christian Bak, Mac Gaunaa, Peter Bjørn Andersen
  • Publication number: 20070036653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a design concept by which the power, loads and/or stability of a wind turbine may be controlled by typically fast variation of the geometry of the blades using active geometry control (e.g. smart materials or by embedded mechanical actuators), or using passive geometry control (e.g. changes arising from loading and/or deformation of the blade) or by a combination of the two methods. The invention relates in particular to a wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method of controlling a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: FORSKNINGSCENTER RISO
    Inventors: Dan Bak, Thomas Buhl, Peter Fuglsang, Helge Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D840500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Laurent Moreau, Stephanie Bourin, Thierry Cassou, Thomas Buhl