Patents by Inventor Valere Croes

Valere Croes 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).

  • Segment for a Tower, Tower Constructed from Tower Segments, Element for a segment for a Tower, Method for the Pre-Assembly of segments for a Tower, Method for the Assembly of a Tower Containing Segments
    Publication number: 20100162652
    Abstract: A segment for a tower containing a number of longitudinal corner elements (2), with protruding flanges (3a, 3b) at the bottom and top end, by which the flanges protrude in opposite directions, and the corner elements being interconnected by cross bars (4), the bottom flanges being located in a bottom plane (BOT), and the top flanges in a top plane (TOP), the flanges (3b) at the bottom side being directed outward, and the flanges at the top (3a) being directed inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Valere Croes
  • Device for using wind power or generating wind and pitch system for such a device
    Patent number: 6465901
    Abstract: A device for using power of a moving fluid or generating movement in a fluid such as a wind turbine is provided with radially placed blades and a pitch change system. The pitch change system comprises a central pitch change shaft and guide shafts, with a sliding means slidably coupling the guide shafts to the pitch change shaft. Additionally, a blade coupler couples the sliding means to the blades, whereupon controlled movement of the pitch change shaft along its central axis causes a corresponding change in the pitch angle of the blades. The guide shafts are preferably provided with alignment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Turbowinds N.V./S.A.
    Inventor: Valere Croes
  • Device for using wind power or generating wind and pitch system for such a device
    Publication number: 20010013703
    Abstract: A device for using power of a moving fluid or generating movement in a fluid such as a wind turbine is provided with radially placed blades and a pitch change system. The pitch change system comprises a central pitch change shaft and guide shafts, with a sliding means slidably coupling the guide shafts to the pitch change shaft. Additionally, a blade coupler couples the sliding means to the blades, whereupon controlled movement of the pitch change shaft along its central axis causes a corresponding change in the pitch angle of the blades. The guide shafts are preferably provided with alignment means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventor: Valere Croes