Patents by Inventor Thomas Hans HUG

Thomas Hans HUG 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).

  • Publication number: 20230417219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vertical wind turbine (1) with a plurality of vertical blades (7), which are each fastened to a respective vertical blade axis (26), are each such that they are motor-driven pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another and are supported rotatable on a common circular path (K) around a vertical rotor rotation axis (C2), and to a method for operating the vertical wind turbine (1), wherein angular positions of vertical blades (7) of the vertical wind turbine (1), which are each driven around a respective vertical rotor blade axis (26), are predetermined. According to the invention, the vertical wind turbine (1) is operated in a particularly efficient and material-protecting way in that the angular positions of the blades (7) are continuously controlled through a direct drive of each of the blades (7) by means of a respective pitch motor (27) positioned concentrically to the blade axis (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM, Johannes WENGER
  • Publication number: 20230332574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vertical wind turbine (1) with a plurality of vertical blades (7), which are each supported such that they are motor-driven pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another, and are rotatable on a common circular path (K) around a vertical rotor rotation axis (C2), and to a method for operating the vertical wind turbine (1), wherein angular positions of vertical blades (7) of the vertical wind turbine (1), which are each supported such that they are rotatable around a respective vertical rotor rotation axis (C2) and are motor-driven pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another, are being predetermined. According to the invention, the vertical wind turbine (1) is operated in a particularly efficient and material-protecting way in that the angular positions of the blades (7) are each predetermined by means of at least one pitch motor (27) at least partially supporting the respective blade (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM, Johannes WENGER
  • Publication number: 20230027223
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine with a plurality of vertical blades, which are each fastened to a respective vertical blade axis, such that they are pivotable around a respective blade rotation axis (C7) independently of one another, and are supported rotatable on a common circular path (K) around a vertical rotor rotation axis (C2), and a method for operating the vertical wind turbine, wherein pitch angles (?) of vertical blades of the vertical wind turbine, which are driven around a respective vertical blade axis, are predetermined. The pitch angle (?), at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine (1), is controlled such that the blades (7) rotate with an essentially constant tip speed ratio (?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Patent number: 11519387
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which can be rotated independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions are specified for vertical wind turbine vanes which are mounted in a rotatable manner about a respective vertical rotor rotational axis and which can be rotated about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are specified by at least one respective pitch motor which at least partly supports the respective vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Hans Hug, Christian Oram
  • Patent number: 11519385
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes, each of which is secured to a respective vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable about a respective vane rotational axis independently of one another by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions about a respective vertical vane axis are specified for driven vertical vanes of the vertical wind turbine. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are permanently regulated by directly driving the vanes using a pitch motor arranged concentrically to the respective vane axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Hans Hug, Christian Oram
  • Patent number: 11434869
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which is secured to a vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis and which are rotatably mounted about a vertical rotor rotational axis on a common circular path. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine, in which method pitch angles of vertical wind turbine vanes driven about a respective vertical vane axis are specified. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner by control of the pitch angles, at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine, such that the vanes rotate with a substantially constant tip-speed ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Hans Hug, Christian Oram
  • Publication number: 20200149510
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes, each of which is secured to a respective vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable about a respective vane rotational axis independently of one another by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions about a respective vertical vane axis are specified for driven vertical vanes of the vertical wind turbine. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are permanently regulated by directly driving the vanes using a pitch motor arranged concentrically to the respective vane axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Publication number: 20200149511
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which can be rotated independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor and which are mounted on a common circular path in a rotatable manner about a vertical rotor rotational axis. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine. Angular positions are specified for vertical wind turbine vanes which are mounted in a rotatable manner about a respective vertical rotor rotational axis and which can be rotated about a respective vane rotational axis by a motor. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner in that the angular positions of the vanes are specified by at least one respective pitch motor which at least partly supports the respective vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM
  • Publication number: 20200149508
    Abstract: A vertical wind turbine that includes a plurality of vertical vanes which is secured to a vertical vane axis so as to be rotatable independently of one another about a respective vane rotational axis and which are rotatably mounted about a vertical rotor rotational axis on a common circular path. A method for operating a vertical wind turbine, in which method pitch angles of vertical wind turbine vanes driven about a respective vertical vane axis are specified. The vertical wind turbine is operated in a particularly efficient and material-preserving manner by control of the pitch angles, at least in a partial load mode of the vertical wind turbine, such that the vanes rotate with a substantially constant tip-speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Hans HUG, Christian ORAM