Patents by Inventor Thomas SCHAUSS

Thomas SCHAUSS 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: 11371486
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for monitoring and/or controlling a wind turbine. The assembly includes a first strain sensor for measuring a first blade bending moment of a rotor blade of a wind turbine in a first spatial direction; a second strain sensor for measuring a second blade bending moment of a rotor blade of a wind turbine in a second spatial direction, which differs from the first spatial direction; an arrangement for determining constant components of forces and moments of the rotor blades provided in the wind turbine; and a controller for combining the first blade bending moment, the second blade bending moment and the constant components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: FOS4X GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Schmid, Thomas Schauss
  • Patent number: 11105318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method by means of which a system that is capable of oscillating can be monitored. The method comprises detection of natural oscillation modes of the system that can oscillate as a function of at least one operating parameter and/or as a function of at least one environmental parameter of the system that is capable of oscillating, creation of a frequency distribution of the detected natural oscillating modes, division of the natural oscillating modes into frequency classes and, in at least one frequency class, determination of a mode profile over the operating parameter and/or over the environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: fos4X GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schauss, Florian Rieger
  • Patent number: 10865778
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a method for ascertaining a value of an ice buildup quantity on at least one rotor blade (111, 112) of a wind turbine (100) and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FOS4X GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Müller, Thomas Schauss, Florian Rieger
  • Publication number: 20200386206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating a prediction model for ice build-up on wind turbines. The method comprises: detecting ice build-up data at at least one wind turbine; using meteorological data for the location of the at least one wind turbine; feeding in the ice build-up data of the at least one wind turbine and the meteorological data in a machine learning method; and creating a prediction model based on the machine learning method. The invention also relates to a method for predicting ice build-up on wind turbines. The method comprises: detecting ice build-up data at at least one wind turbine; using meteorological data for the location of the at least one wind turbine; and predicting an ice build-up based on a machine-learned model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Schauss, Markus SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20200332774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method by means of which a system that is capable of oscillating can be monitored. The method comprises detection of natural oscillation modes of the system that can oscillate as a function of at least one operating parameter and/or as a function of at least one environmental parameter of the system that is capable of oscillating, creation of a frequency distribution of the detected natural oscillating modes, division of the natural oscillating modes into frequency classes and, in at least one frequency class, determination of a mode profile over the operating parameter and/or over the environmental parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Schauss, Florian Rieger
  • Patent number: 10718316
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method for predicting the accumulation of ice on a rotor blade (111, 112) of a wind turbine (100) and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FOS4X GMBH
    Inventors: Mathias Müller, Thomas Schauss, Florian Rieger, Mathias Schubert
  • Publication number: 20200224640
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for monitoring and/or controlling a wind turbine. The assembly includes a first strain sensor for measuring a first blade bending moment of a rotor blade of a wind turbine in a first spatial direction; a second strain sensor for measuring a second blade bending moment of a rotor blade of a wind turbine in a second spatial direction, which differs from the first spatial direction; an arrangement for determining constant components of forces and moments of the rotor blades provided in the wind turbine; and a controller for combining the first blade bending moment, the second blade bending moment and the constant components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Markus SCHMID, Thomas SCHAUSS
  • Publication number: 20190010932
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method for predicting the accumulation of ice on a rotor blade (111, 112) of a wind turbine (100) and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mathias MÜLLER, Thomas SCHAUSS, Florian RIEGER, Mathias SCHUBERT
  • Publication number: 20180372075
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a method for ascertaining a value of an ice buildup quantity on at least one rotor blade (111, 112) of a wind turbine (100) and to the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mathias MÜLLER, Thomas SCHAUSS, Florian RIEGER