Patents by Inventor TORBEN LAURITSEN

TORBEN LAURITSEN 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: 10364793
    Abstract: An improved access to the bearing of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. A rotor of a wind turbine, includes a rotor blade and a hub, whereby the rotor blade includes a root end and the root end is attached to a rotor blade bearing, and the rotor blade bearing is attached to the hub. The rotor blade includes a root section 6, adjacent to the root end, including the outer surface of the rotor blade. The root section of the rotor blade is covered by a housing. The housing includes a wall section that leads at least partially circumferentially around the root section of the rotor blade. The housing includes a cover section to at least partially close the gap between the wall section of the housing and the rotor blade. The housing defines an aisle that leads circumferentially around the root section of the rotor blade to provide access to the blade bearing and to allow a worker to perform service work at the blade bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Henning Ebbesen, Torben Lauritsen
  • Patent number: 10012211
    Abstract: A wind turbine including a rotatable part, at least one absorber element secured to the rotatable part within an interior of the wind turbine, the at least one absorber element at least partly comprising lubricant absorbing material, wherein the absorber element is configured to absorb emerging lubricant inside the wind turbine is provided. Further, a rotor hub for a wind turbine, an absorber element for a wind turbine and a method for maintaining a clean environment in a wind turbine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Kaufmann Carlsen, Henning Ebbesen, Torben Lauritsen
  • Publication number: 20170067438
    Abstract: An improved access to the bearing of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided. A rotor of a wind turbine, includes a rotor blade and a hub, whereby the rotor blade includes a root end and the root end is attached to a rotor blade bearing, and the rotor blade bearing is attached to the hub. The rotor blade includes a root section 6, adjacent to the root end, including the outer surface of the rotor blade. The root section of the rotor blade is covered by a housing. The housing includes a wall section that leads at least partially circumferentially around the root section of the rotor blade. The housing includes a cover section to at least partially close the gap between the wall section of the housing and the rotor blade. The housing defines an aisle that leads circumferentially around the root section of the rotor blade to provide access to the blade bearing and to allow a worker to perform service work at the blade bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: HENNING EBBESEN, TORBEN LAURITSEN
  • Publication number: 20150345475
    Abstract: A wind turbine including a rotatable part, at least one absorber element secured to the rotatable part within an interior of the wind turbine, the at least one absorber element at least partly comprising lubricant absorbing material, wherein the absorber element is configured to absorb emerging lubricant inside the wind turbine is provided. Further, a rotor hub for a wind turbine, an absorber element for a wind turbine and a method for maintaining a clean environment in a wind turbine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: PETER KAUFMANN CARLSEN, HENNING EBBESEN, TORBEN LAURITSEN