Patents by Inventor Tobias Günther

Tobias Günther 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).

  • Actuation of distributed load management devices on aerodynamic blades
    Patent number: 9506453
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for actuating less than all of a plurality of load management devices on a wind turbine and/or a wind turbine blade. In some embodiments, the actuation sequences may be a root-to-tip, tip-to root, maximum-distributed-load, random, and/or a cycle-count actuation sequence. Further, a combination of two or more actuation sequences may be utilized to achieve a desired result. The system may choose an appropriate blade-based and/or rotor-based actuation sequence according to operating conditions, may alternate actuation sequences, and/or may employ different actuation sequences among the plurality of blades of a wind turbine. The load management devices may be actuated to different maximum heights and/or may be configured to be actuated to variable heights. The load management devices may be included as part of a distributed management system providing a corresponding controller and/or sensor at each load management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathon Paul Baker, Jeffrey Austin Butterworth, Jehan Zeb Khan, Guojian Lin, Edward Anthony Mayda, Erick James Rickards, Tobias Guenther Wehrhan
  • ACTUATION OF DISTRIBUTED LOAD MANAGEMENT DEVICES ON AERODYNAMIC BLADES
    Publication number: 20140271184
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for actuating less than all of a plurality of load management devices on a wind turbine and/or a wind turbine blade. In some embodiments, the actuation sequences may be a root-to-tip, tip-to root, maximum-distributed-load, random, and/or a cycle-count actuation sequence. Further, a combination of two or more actuation sequences may be utilized to achieve a desired result. The system may choose an appropriate blade-based and/or rotor-based actuation sequence according to operating conditions, may alternate actuation sequences, and/or may employ different actuation sequences among the plurality of blades of a wind turbine. The load management devices may be actuated to different maximum heights and/or may be configured to be actuated to variable heights. The load management devices may be included as part of a distributed management system providing a corresponding controller and/or sensor at each load management device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FRONTIER WIND, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathon Paul Baker, Jeffrey Austin Butterworth, Jehan Zeb Khan, Guojian Lin, Edward Anthony Mayda, Erick James Richards, Tobias Guenther Wehrhan
  • Apparatus and a method for automatic treatment adjustment after nervous system dysfunction
    Patent number: 8756190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatic adjustment of a treatment of a target person to be treated based on calculated recovery prediction data for predicting a change of a sensory function of said target person in response to said treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: EBS Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard A. Sabel, Tobias Günther, Iris Müller
  • AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TREATMENT ADJUSTMENT AFTER NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION
    Publication number: 20110066586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatic adjustment of a treatment of a target person to be treated based on calculated recovery prediction data for predicting a change of a sensory function of said target person in response to said treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Bernhard A. Sabel, Tobias Günther, Iris Müller