Patents by Inventor Vujadin Petronic

Vujadin Petronic 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: 11828269
    Abstract: Provided is a grease collection arrangement for collecting waste grease from a grease lubricated rotor blade pitch bearing of a wind turbine, whereby the grease collection arrangement includes at least one waste grease collector and multiple extraction tubes, wherein each one of the multiple extraction tubes is connected to the at least one waste grease collector and the multiple extraction tubes are configured to being connected to multiple grease outlets of the rotor blade pitch bearing, whereby the grease collection arrangement is configured such that the waste grease from the rotor blade pitch bearing can flow into the at least one waste grease collector by gravity and centrifugal forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Vujadin Petronic, Jan Soendergaard Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11732752
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing unit for a rotor unit of a wind turbine, including a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring, a plurality of rolling elements and a sealing member including a sealing member base portion, a first sealing member tip portion and a second sealing member tip portion, wherein the first sealing member tip portion abuts a first wall of the first bearing ring and the second sealing member tip portion abuts a second wall of the bearing unit, wherein the sealing member is configured and arranged such that a first contact pressure between the first sealing member tip portion) and the first wall is transmitted through the sealing member to the second sealing member tip portion to increase a second contact pressure between the second sealing member tip portion and the second wall. Also provided is a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventors: Vujadin Petronic, Søren Poulsen
  • Patent number: 11428213
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft is provided. The downwind bearing and/or the upwind bearing includes a lubricant flooded chamber, in which multiple radial bearing pads are arranged about the drive shaft, whereby the lubricant flooded chamber is sealed against the drive shaft, an internal space of the bearing housing and an outside of the bearing housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
    Inventors: Morten Soerensen, Frank Bak, Edom Demissie, Niels Karl Frydendal, Vujadin Petronic
  • Publication number: 20220228626
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing unit for a rotor unit of a wind turbine, including a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring, a plurality of rolling elements and a sealing member including a sealing member base portion, a first sealing member tip portion and a second sealing member tip portion, wherein the first sealing member tip portion abuts a first wall of the first bearing ring and the second sealing member tip portion abuts a second wall of the bearing unit, wherein the sealing member is configured and arranged such that a first contact pressure between the first sealing member tip portion) and the first wall is transmitted through the sealing member to the second sealing member tip portion to increase a second contact pressure between the second sealing member tip portion and the second wall. Also provided is a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Vujadin Petronic, Søren Poulsen
  • Publication number: 20220099069
    Abstract: Provided is a grease collection arrangement for collecting waste grease from a grease lubricated rotor blade pitch bearing of a wind turbine, whereby the grease collection arrangement includes at least one waste grease collector and multiple extraction tubes, wherein each one of the multiple extraction tubes is connected to the at least one waste grease collector and the multiple extraction tubes are configured to being connected to multiple grease outlets of the rotor blade pitch bearing, whereby the grease collection arrangement is configured such that the waste grease from the rotor blade pitch bearing can flow into the at least one waste grease collector by gravity and centrifugal forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Vujadin Petronic, Jan Soendergaard Pedersen
  • Patent number: 11248590
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing. The bearing arrangement further includes a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft. The bearing housing includes a drain outlet arranged in a bottom part of the bearing housing, the bottom part of the bearing housing being located underneath the drive shaft in a direction of gravity, whereby at least one inner side of the bottom part of the bearing housing is arranged so as to form a funnel, whereby the drain outlet is an opening of the formed funnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Bak, Edom Demissie, Niels Karl Frydendal, Vujadin Petronic, Morten Soerensen
  • Publication number: 20200362828
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing, the bearing arrangement further comprising a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing as radial fluid bearings, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft is provided. The downwind bearing and/or the upwind bearing includes a lubricant flooded chamber, in which multiple radial bearing pads are arranged about the drive shaft, whereby the lubricant flooded chamber is sealed against the drive shaft, an internal space of the bearing housing and an outside of the bearing housing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Morten Soerensen, Frank Bak, Edom Demissie, Niels Karl Frydendal, Vujadin Petronic
  • Publication number: 20200362831
    Abstract: Provided is a bearing arrangement for a wind turbine including a bearing housing and a drive shaft, whereby the drive shaft is arranged within the bearing housing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the bearing housing. The bearing arrangement further includes a downwind bearing and an upwind bearing, whereby the downwind bearing and the upwind bearing are arranged between the bearing housing and the drive shaft. The bearing housing includes a drain outlet arranged in a bottom part of the bearing housing, the bottom part of the bearing housing being located underneath the drive shaft in a direction of gravity, whereby at least one inner side of the bottom part of the bearing housing is arranged so as to form a funnel, whereby the drain outlet is an opening of the formed funnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Bak, Edom Demissie, Niels Karl Frydendal, Vujadin Petronic, Morten Soerensen