Patents by Inventor Tim Behrens

Tim Behrens 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: 9039366
    Abstract: The invention involves a wind turbine comprising at least one blade (5) in turn comprising a blade body (501), lift-regulating means (502) adapted for movement in relation to the blade body (501) so as to regulate the lift of the blade, and load sensing means (5022, 506) for determining a load acting on the lift-regulating means (502), the wind turbine further comprising an actuation control unit (6) adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on output from the load sensing means (5022, 506). In addition to output from the load sensing means (5022, 506), the actuation control unit (6) is adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on the movement of the lift-regulating means (502).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Li Hong Idris Lim, Tian Lim, Chee Kang Lim, Teck Bin Arthur Lim, Kok Leong Chong, Whye Ghee Kim, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Loh Wuh Ken
  • Patent number: 8933546
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a leadframe (2), a semiconductor component (3), and an electrically conductive connecting element (4) made of a composite material (5). The connecting element (4) has a solderable metallization (6) on the composite material (5) on a surface that is directed towards the semiconductor component (3). A thermal conductivity of the composite material (5) of the connecting element (4) is greater than a thermal conductivity of the semiconductor component (3) and less than a thermal conductivity of the leadframe (2). The connecting element (4) is provided only locally in the region of the semiconductor component (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Paeivi Lehtonen, Thomas Kaden, Denis Gugel, Thomas Suenner, Tim Behrens
  • Patent number: 8827644
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction from a root end to a tip end and defining an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the aerodynamic airfoil cross-section having an effective camber in the chordwise direction; the wind turbine blade comprising: blade body; first device for modifying the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade, the position and/or movement of the first device relative to the blade body being controlled by a first actuation mechanism; second device for modifying the effective camber of the airfoil cross section; herein, in use, the first device modifies the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade at a frequency up to a first maximum frequency and the second device modifies the effective camber of the airfoil cross section at a frequency up to a second maximum frequency, the second maximum frequency being higher than the first maximum frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Damien Castaignet, Carsten Hein Westergaard
  • Publication number: 20130277812
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic assembly comprising a leadframe (2), a semiconductor component (3), and an electrically conductive connecting element (4) made of a composite material (5). The connecting element (4) has a solderable metallization (6) on the composite material (5) on a surface that is directed towards the semiconductor component (3). A thermal conductivity of the composite material (5) of the connecting element (4) is greater than a thermal conductivity of the semiconductor component (3) and less than a thermal conductivity of the leadframe (2). The connecting element (4) is provided only locally in the region of the semiconductor component (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Paeivi Lehtonen, Thomas Kaden, Denis Gugel, Thomas Suenner, Tim Behrens
  • Publication number: 20120224965
    Abstract: The invention involves a wind turbine comprising at least one blade (5) in turn comprising a blade body (501), lift-regulating means (502) adapted for movement in relation to the blade body (501) so as to regulate the lift of the blade, and load sensing means (5022, 506) for determining a load acting on the lift-regulating means (502), the wind turbine further comprising an actuation control unit (6) adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on output from the load sensing means (5022, 506). In addition to output from the load sensing means (5022, 506), the actuation control unit (6) is adapted to control the movement of the lift-regulating means (502) based on the movement of the lift-regulating means (502).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Li Hong Idris Lim, Tian Lim, Chee Kang Lim, Teck Bin Arthur Lim, Kok Leong Chong, Whye Ghee Kim, Yun Chong Gabriel Chang, Loh Wuh Ken
  • Publication number: 20120068469
    Abstract: A wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction from a root end to a tip end and defining an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the aerodynamic airfoil cross-section having an effective camber in the chordwise direction; the wind turbine blade comprising: blade body; first device for modifying the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade, the position and/or movement of the first device relative to the blade body being controlled by a first actuation mechanism; second device for modifying the effective camber of the airfoil cross section; herein, in use, the first device modifies the aerodynamic surface or shape of the blade at a frequency up to a first maximum frequency and the second device modifies the effective camber of the airfoil cross section at a frequency up to a second maximum frequency, the second maximum frequency being higher than the first maximum frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Tim Behrens, Damien Castaignet, Carsten Hein Westergaard