Patents by Inventor Trevor Allen Montre

Trevor Allen Montre 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).

  • Method of customizing a wind turbine bedplate via additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 10677223
    Abstract: A method for customizing bedplates for a plurality of wind turbines having different loading requirements. The method includes forming a plurality of baseline bodies for the bedplates that includes a near net shape of one of the bedplates. Further, the method includes determining a loading requirement of the bedplates of each of the wind turbines. Moreover, the method includes applying additional material to an exterior surface of the plurality of baseline bodies via an additive manufacturing process so as to customize a structural capacity of each of the bedplates such that the structural capacity of each of the bedplates can withstand the loading requirement for each of the wind turbines. Accordingly, the structural capacity of each of the plurality of baseline bodies may be the same or may be different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Rock, Jr., Trevor Allen Montre, Aaron Janicz, Matteo Bellucci
  • Method of Customizing a Wind Turbine Bedplate Via Additive Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20200088170
    Abstract: A method for customizing bedplates for a plurality of wind turbines having different loading requirements. The method includes forming a plurality of baseline bodies for the bedplates that includes a near net shape of one of the bedplates. Further, the method includes determining a loading requirement of the bedplates of each of the wind turbines. Moreover, the method includes applying additional material to an exterior surface of the plurality of baseline bodies via an additive manufacturing process so as to customize a structural capacity of each of the bedplates such that the structural capacity of each of the bedplates can withstand the loading requirement for each of the wind turbines. Accordingly, the structural capacity of each of the plurality of baseline bodies may be the same or may be different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Rock, JR., Trevor Allen Montre, Aaron Janicz, Matteo Bellucci