Patents by Inventor Winulf Machold

Winulf Machold 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 for the emergency braking of a wind power plant and a wind power plant with a rotor blade pitch control for emergency braking
    Patent number: 8348617
    Abstract: Method for the emergency braking of a wind power plant, in which at least one rotor blade of the wind power plant is adjusted into its feathering position, wherein a first phase, in which the at least one rotor blade is adjusted with a first speed, and a second phase, in which the at least one rotor blade is adjusted as of a predetermined first blade pitch angle with a second speed, which is increased until a maximum speed is reached and/or until a second determined blade pitch angle is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Winulf Machold
  • METHOD FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKING OF A WIND POWER PLANT AND A WIND POWER PLANT WITH A ROTOR BLADE PITCH CONTROL FOR EMERGENCY BRAKING
    Publication number: 20100303622
    Abstract: Method for the emergency braking of a wind power plant, in which at least one rotor blade of the wind power plant is adjusted into its feathering position, wherein a first phase, in which the at least one rotor blade is adjusted with a first speed, and a second phase, in which the at least one rotor blade is adjusted as of a predetermined first blade pitch angle with a second speed, which is increased until a maximum speed is reached and/or until a second determined blade pitch angle is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: NORDEX ENERGY GmbH
    Inventor: Winulf Machold