Patents by Inventor Thomas Jay Green
Thomas Jay Green 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: 9458825Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for actuating one or more load management devices on a wind turbine and/or a wind turbine blade. Each actuator may exhibit one or more beneficial qualities including appropriate actuation speed/force characteristics, size and/or weight characteristics, and/or increased reliability and consistent operation in a variety of operating conditions. According to some aspects, the actuator may be a direct pneumatic actuator, a ramp slide pneumatic actuator, a scissor actuator, a linear induction actuator, a belt actuator, a closed cam follower actuator, a screw drive actuator, a solenoid actuator, a rack and pinion actuator, a cylindrical cam follower actuator, a Y-belt actuator, an offset rotary drive actuator, a tape style actuator, a rigid tape actuator, a deformable membrane actuator, a memory alloy actuator, and/or a crank slide actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Frontier Wind, LLCInventors: Peter Everett Brooks, Nathan John Burgess, Myron Floyd Miller, Thomas Jay Green
-
Patent number: 8864462Abstract: An active sensing system for wind turbines is described. The sensing system may include a plurality of ports, a local sensing device and a load mitigation device and may be operably coupled to a control system. The plurality of ports, local sensing device, and load mitigation device may be operably coupled and configured to monitor air pressure on wind turbine blades, determine if proper sensing operation is occurring, and eradicate an obstruction if proper sensing operation is being prevented by the obstruction. Associated methods performing the sensing and eradication of the obstruction including purging and deicing are disclosed. Wind turbines and wind turbine blades with the active sensing system are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Frontier Wind, LLCInventors: Edward A. Mayda, Jonathon P. Baker, Leigh Zalusky, Thomas Jay Green
-
Publication number: 20140271192Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for actuating one or more load management devices on a wind turbine and/or a wind turbine blade. Each actuator may exhibit one or more beneficial qualities including appropriate actuation speed/force characteristics, size and/or weight characteristics, and/or increased reliability and consistent operation in a variety of operating conditions. According to some aspects, the actuator may be a direct pneumatic actuator, a ramp slide pneumatic actuator, a scissor actuator, a linear induction actuator, a belt actuator, a closed cam follower actuator, a screw drive actuator, a solenoid actuator, a rack and pinion actuator, a cylindrical cam follower actuator, a Y-belt actuator, an offset rotary drive actuator, a tape style actuator, a rigid tape actuator, a deformable membrane actuator, a memory alloy actuator, and/or a crank slide actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Peter Everett Brooks, Nathan John Burgess, Myron Floyd Miller, Thomas Jay Green
-
Publication number: 20140271212Abstract: An apparatus and system for automatically deploying an air deflector of a load compensating device when there is a loss of communication or power is provided. In some examples, the apparatus and system may include a spring configured to rotate a gear, thereby deploying the air deflector. In some arrangements, the spring may be a torsion spring and may be biased to rotate the gear when released from a hold position maintained by a latch. The latch may be controlled by a release mechanism, such as a solenoid, that may be configured to activate upon occurrence of a communication loss event. The release mechanism may release the latch, thereby releasing the spring and deploying the air deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FRONTIER WIND, LLCInventors: Peter Everett Brooks, Myron Floyd Miller, Thomas Jay Green
-
Patent number: 8784059Abstract: An active sensing system for wind turbines is described. The sensing system may include a plurality of ports, a local sensing device and a load mitigation device and may be operably coupled to a control system. The plurality of ports, local sensing device, and load mitigation device may be operably coupled and configured to monitor air pressure on wind turbine blades, determine if proper sensing operation is occurring, and eradicate an obstruction if proper sensing operation is being prevented by the obstruction. Associated methods performing the sensing and eradication of the obstruction including purging and deicing are disclosed. Wind turbines and wind turbine blades with the active sensing system are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Frontier Wind, LLCInventors: Leigh Zalusky, Thomas Jay Green, Joshua P. Karch
-
Publication number: 20120243988Abstract: An active sensing system for wind turbines is described. The sensing system may include a plurality of ports, a local sensing device and a load mitigation device and may be operably coupled to a control system. The plurality of ports, local sensing device, and load mitigation device may be operably coupled and configured to monitor air pressure on wind turbine blades, determine if proper sensing operation is occurring, and eradicate an obstruction if proper sensing operation is being prevented by the obstruction. Associated methods performing the sensing and eradication of the obstruction including purging and deicing are disclosed. Wind turbines and wind turbine blades with the active sensing system are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: FRONTIER WIND, LLCInventors: Leigh Zalusky, Thomas Jay Green, Joshua P. Karch
-
Publication number: 20120243989Abstract: An active sensing system for wind turbines is described. The sensing system may include a plurality of ports, a local sensing device and a load mitigation device and may be operably coupled to a control system. The plurality of ports, local sensing device, and load mitigation device may be operably coupled and configured to monitor air pressure on wind turbine blades, determine if proper sensing operation is occurring, and eradicate an obstruction if proper sensing operation is being prevented by the obstruction. Associated methods performing the sensing and eradication of the obstruction including purging and deicing are disclosed. Wind turbines and wind turbine blades with the active sensing system are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: FRONTIER WIND, LLCInventors: Edward A. Mayda, Jonathon P. Baker, Leigh Zalusky, Thomas Jay Green
-
Publication number: 20120243980Abstract: A rotatable dry air supply system for a wind turbine is provided. The system includes a rotatable dry air supply housing connected to a rotatable hub having a plurality of wind turbine blades connected thereto. The housing is rotatable with the hub and includes a compressor and a moisture trap for removing moisture from the compressed air. The moisture trap may include a plurality of outlet ports arranged around a casing of the moisture trap. The moisture purged from the outlet ports may exit through a moisture outlet in the housing of the rotatable air supply. In some arrangements, the outlet may be heated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Frontier Wind, LLCInventors: Leigh Zalusky, Thomas Jay Green