Patents by Inventor Thomas Dinjus

Thomas Dinjus 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).

  • Control system and methods of verifying operation of at least one wind turbine sensor
    Patent number: 8112252
    Abstract: A method of verifying operation of at least one wind turbine sensor includes dynamically defining a neighborhood of neighbor wind turbines for a first wind turbine, each neighbor wind turbine including at least one sensor. The method also includes receiving data from at least one neighbor wind turbine sensor and determining a status of at least one sensor of the first wind turbine using the data received from the neighbor wind turbine sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Maria Cecilia Mazzaro, Mark Edward Cardinal, Bernardo Adrian Movsichoff, Avinash Taware, Thomas Dinjus
  • Wind turbine farm and method of controlling at least one wind turbine
    Patent number: 8035242
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wind turbine that includes at least one rotor shaft and at least one blade operatively coupled to the rotor shaft includes measuring a first wind turbine operational condition that is representative of a blade deflection value and generating a first operational condition signal based on that first wind turbine operational condition. The wind turbine also includes a drive train including at least one rotor shaft and an electric generator. The method also includes measuring at least one second wind turbine operational condition and generating at least one second operational condition signal. The method further includes changing the blade deflection value by changing the second operational condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard Landa, Carlos Eduardo Latorre, Thomas Frank Fric, Thomas Omar Converse, Thomas Dinjus, Michael Gregory Brown, Gert Torbohm, Nadine Schuell
  • WIND TURBINE FARM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20110140431
    Abstract: A method of controlling a wind turbine that includes at least one rotor shaft and at least one blade operatively coupled to the rotor shaft includes measuring a first wind turbine operational condition that is representative of a blade deflection value and generating a first operational condition signal based on that first wind turbine operational condition. The wind turbine also includes a drive train including at least one rotor shaft and an electric generator. The method also includes measuring at least one second wind turbine operational condition and generating at least one second operational condition signal. The method further includes changing the blade deflection value by changing the second operational condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Bernard Landa, Carlos Eduardo Latorre, Thomas Frank Fric, Thomas Omar Converse, Thomas Dinjus, Michael Gregory Brown, Gert Torbohm, Nadine Schuell
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF VERIFYING OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE WIND TURBINE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20110098975
    Abstract: A method of verifying operation of at least one wind turbine sensor includes dynamically defining a neighborhood of neighbor wind turbines for a first wind turbine, each neighbor wind turbine including at least one sensor. The method also includes receiving data from at least one neighbor wind turbine sensor and determining a status of at least one sensor of the first wind turbine using the data received from the neighbor wind turbine sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Maria Cecilia Mazzaro, Mark Edward Cardinal, Bernardo Adrian Movsichoff, Avinash Taware, Thomas Dinjus