Patents by Inventor Tom NICOLAISEN

Tom NICOLAISEN 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: 20220307479
    Abstract: Fixation arrangement adapted to releasably fix a wind turbine tower segment (4) to a support (3) of a transport vessel (20), comprising at least two fixation means (2), wherein each fixation means (2) comprises a base member (6) fixed or to be fixed to the support (3), a lever arm (8) connected to the base member (2) and pivotable around a pivot axis (9), and a tensioning means (13) for clamping the lever arm (8) with a clamping section (10) against the tower segment (4), wherein the tensioning means (13) comprises at least one tensioning element (14) supported relative to the base member (6) and movable from a non-clamping position in a clamping position and back, wherein the tensioning element (14) directly or indirectly interacts with the lever arm (8) which is pivoted into a clamping engagement of the clamping section (10) with the tower segment (4) when the tensioning element (14) moves from a non-clamping position into a clamping position and which is released when the tensioning element (14) moves back
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Jacob ANTONSEN, Michael BRAMM, Morten Fogh JACOBSEN, Soeren Majdal KAARSHOLM, Tom NICOLAISEN
  • Patent number: 10114272
    Abstract: An autofocus actuator for camera modules and control method thereof, the autofocus actuator incorporating a shape memory alloy wire as actuating element, at least 4 spheres as sliding aids, and including a return elastic element mounted between an autofocus housing and a lens carrier and exerting a force only in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ACTUATOR SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Yusuke Suzuki, Markus Koepfer, Romaric Peri, Tom Nicolaisen, Alex Chen
  • Publication number: 20170299945
    Abstract: An autofocus actuator for camera modules and control method thereof, the autofocus actuator incorporating a shape memory alloy wire as actuating element, at least 4 spheres as sliding aids, and including a return elastic element mounted between an autofocus housing and a lens carrier and exerting a force only in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke SUZUKI, Markus KOEPFER, Romaric PERI, Tom NICOLAISEN, Alex CHEN