Resumen de: US20260298203A1
0000 A sealed dual bearing enclosure assembly for a generator of a vertical axis wind turbine features an upright spindle holding a stator of the generator at a first elevation below a top end of the spindle, and an outer housing sized and shaped to fit externally around and over the spindle from the top end thereof, and configured to support a rotor of the generator at a second elevation that exceeds the first elevation. Lower and upper bearings are installed between the spindle and housing in an enclosed internal space therebetween. The spindle comprises a first lubrication passage having at least one external port penetrating the spindle exterior outside the outer housing, and an interior port that opens into the enclosed internal space between the spindle and the outer housing. This lubricated dual bearing enclosure of sealed and easily serviceable design increases the overall service life of the turbine.
Resumen de: US20260297881A1
0000 Disclosed herein are pile structures for offshore wind turbines and method of installing the same. A pile structure (100) comprises: a pile body (101) having a pile tip (101a ) configured to be inserted into a soil body (5) such as a seabed; and a fluid delivery apparatus (110) configured to deliver a fluid to a surface of the pile body (101) proximate to the pile tip (101a ) in a direction extending aware from the pile tip (101a ). The fluid delivery apparatus (110) is configured to deliver the fluid at a local differential pressure of between 0 and 8 bar, i.e. at a low pressure.
Resumen de: US20260298202A1
0000 Disclosed is a wind-solar-wave synergistic dispatchable power generation device and method. The method includes: determining a current sea state based on environmental data collected in real time by a sensor module; performing intelligent switching or synergistic operation of a photovoltaic power generation module, a wind power generation module, and a wave power generation module based on the current sea state, and storing solar energy, wind energy, and wave energy in an energy storage module; when the obtained current sea state meets an extreme sea state condition, controlling a buoyancy adjustment module to activate a protection mode, closing the photovoltaic power generation module and the wind power generation module, adjusting the housing to submerge to a safe depth, and simultaneously switching to the wave power generation module for independent power generation by the wave power generation module; and when the collected environmental data meets a release condition, releasing the protection mode, adjusting the housing to ascend to a sea surface, and the intelligent dispatching module restoring a normal dispatching and power generation function.
Resumen de: DE102025112740A1
Es wird ein Verfahren zum Ermitteln von Schwingungsantworten einer Struktur 2' vorgeschlagen. Das Verfahren umfasst die Schritte: Befestigen eines Schwingungsantwortaufnehmers 8 an einer Messposition an einer zu vermessenden Struktur 2'; Anregen der Struktur 2', mittels eines unbemannten Fahrzeugs 5, mit jeweils einem mechanischen Impuls an mindestens eine Anregungsposition 7A-E an der Struktur 2'; Ermitteln, mittels des Schwingungsantwortaufnehmers 8, einer Schwingungsantwort für jede der mindestens einen Anregungspositionen 7A-E. Es wird außerdem ein Verfahren zum Ermitteln eines Schadenzustands einer Struktur 2' im Rahmen einer wiederkehrenden Prüfung (WKP) und ein Untersuchungssystem S zum Ermitteln von Schwingungsantworten einer Struktur 2' vorgeschlagen.
Resumen de: US20260297973A1
0000 Systems and methods for assembling a load-bearing frame of a high-rise structure are provided. The system has a foundation configured to support the load-bearing frame. Additionally, the system is provided with a plurality of columns. At least one column of the plurality of columns is connected with an adjacent column of the plurality of columns via at least one beam. The system has a lifting assembly having a carcass with plurality of posts. The system has a fixture rigidly connected to the foundation and configured to anchor the plurality of columns during assembly of the load-bearing frame. The lifting assembly vertically displaces the plurality of columns to allow placement of an additional plurality of columns under the vertically displaced plurality of columns.
Resumen de: US20260296652A1
An ice sensor having a frame, a comb, and a wire is provided. The frame has first and second arms and a rack extending between the arms. The comb has first and second sets of teeth. Teeth of the first set define a first channel and teeth of the second set define a second channel. The teeth of the sets have a first length and a second length longer than the first length. The first set defines a first cavity between each tooth of the first set having the second length and the rack surface. The second set defines a second cavity between each tooth of the second set having the second length and the rack surface. The wire extends between the first channel and the second channel and is in the first and second cavities such that the wire has a serpentine configuration.
Resumen de: DE102025111522A1
Ein Pendelrollenlager (1), insbesondere in einer Windkraftanlage (10), umfasst zwei Lagerringe (2, 3), nämlich einen Innenring (2) und einen Außenring (3), sowie zwischen den Lagerringen (2, 3) in zwei Reihen (8, 9) angeordnete, jeweils in einem Käfig (19, 20) geführten Tonnenrollen als Wälzkörper (7). zur Führung der ersten Wälzkörperreihe (8) ist ein Kammkäfig (19) und zur Führung der zweiten Wälzkörperreihe (9) ein Bolzenkäfig (20) vorgesehen.
Resumen de: US20260298200A1
0000 A blade-pivoting mechanism includes: a linear actuator including a piston configured to move along a longitudinal axis; a gear rack fixed to an outer surface of the piston and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piston, the gear rack including gear rack teeth; a pinion gear fixed to a radially inner portion of a shaft of a wind turbine blade, the pinion gear including pinion gear teeth interfacing with the gear rack teeth and configured to pivot the wind turbine blade upon movement of the piston; and a blade holder fixed to a front face of a rotating member of a generator and defining a channel. The shaft of the wind turbine blade is rotatably disposed in the channel defined by the blade holder.
Resumen de: US20260296602A1
A floating platform, in particular a platform for a wind turbine, which affords improved stability by an arrangement of anchoring tendons. The floating platform includes a float, tendons, fixing mechanisms for attaching an upper end of each of the tendons to the float, and anchoring mechanisms for fixing a lower end of each of the tendons to a seabed. The tendons include tendons of a first type, arranged vertically, and tendons of a second type, arranged obliquely, between their attachment and anchoring mechanisms. The tendons are arranged alternately around a main axis and designed so that, in an operational position, the float is kept submerged at a depth below the surface of the water, and, at least the vertical tendons are kept taut. A method for assembling such a platform and the wind turbine thereof as well as to a method for anchoring the platform offshore.
Resumen de: US20260298207A1
0000 A method of operating a wind power plant (12) comprising a group of wind turbines (14) 5 including at least one wind turbine designated as a verification turbine (14a ) and at least one wind turbine designated as a non-verification turbine (14b ). The method comprises: operating the or each verification turbine (14a ) to produce a maximised output; and operating the or each non-verification turbine (14b ) to produce an output that is controlled in accordance with the output of the or each verification turbine (14a ), so that a combined 10 output of the group of wind turbines (14) aligns with a target power plant output.
Resumen de: US20260298206A1
Apparatus and methods for testing a wind turbine blade specimen. The wind turbine blade specimen may be the whole or a portion of a segmented wind turbine blade. The segmented wind turbine blade may be for a cable stayed rotor. The blade specimen is held at one end and an actuator applies a load on the wind turbine blade specimen. The blade specimen may have a cable connection point. A loads assembly may have at least one cable for coupling to the cable connection point. The cable is configured to carry tensile load such that the load imparted to the wind turbine blade specimen by the actuator is partially supported by the cable.
Resumen de: US20260296845A1
0000 A wind turbine mounted crane comprising a base portion, and a wind turbine connection mechanism connected to the base portion and configured to releasably engage with a wind turbine. The crane also includes a boom arm rotatably connected to the base portion about a vertical axis, a lifting hook, a first and second lifting wire running through the base portion and connected to the lifting hook. At least one winch is connected to the first and second lifting wires. The winch and lifting wires are arranged such that when the winch is rotated, the lifting hook moves. The boom arm is configured to rotate about the vertical axis relative to the base portion by more than 180 degrees from an initial position in a first direction and more than 180 degrees from the initial position in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In this way, a crane is provided which has a greater area of operation when compared to prior art type cranes.
Resumen de: US20260295953A1
A The packing table that three dimensionally shaped material layup surface having a shape that corresponds to an inner contour of respective joining interfaces of the blade sections to be joined and has a center plane oriented normally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the wind turbine blade is provided, wherein an axial position of the center plane corresponds to a center of the joining zone. The shape of an inboard portion of the material layup surface corresponds with an inner contour of the joining interface of the inboard blade section and the shape of an outboard portion of the material layup surface corresponds with an inner contour of the joining interface of the outboard blade section.A packing table provided for a process optimization in the manufacturing of a joining adapter and thus facilitates the joining of blade sections of longitudinally split wind turbine blades.
Resumen de: US20260298197A1
0000 A method for manufacturing a carbon beam adapted to be a part of a wind turbine blade to increase or to cause the mechanical strength of the wind turbine blade, wherein the final carbon beam includes at least one core component being made of or including at least one carbon plank and/or a core arrangement of core mats including carbon fibers, wherein at least a part of the core component is arranged between skin components being made of or including a skin stack of skin mats each, wherein the at least one core component and the skin components are provided and then joined together to build the final carbon beam, wherein a prefabricated core component is used, and wherein either also prefabricated skin components are used or wherein the skin components are produced by arranging the skin stack in a predetermined shape and fixing the skin mats with an adhesive.
Resumen de: US20260298214A1
0000 A shaft-type power generation device based on vertical temperature difference of mountain body and solar heat collection, including a shaft way formed in mountain body including wind inlet in bottom and wind outlet in top, a heat storage device is laid on ground surface at wind inlet, a heat absorption device is erected on ground surface at wind inlet, a support formwork is fixedly mounted on inner wall of shaft way, three generators are respectively fixedly mounted in shaft way via three mounting frames on support formwork, and maintenance chambers corresponding to three generators respectively are disposed in mountain body; and each generator has a central shaft, twenty-five blades and rotating shafts, a current receiving assembly, and an induction frame, ends of twenty-five rotating shafts are jointly rotatably connected to power generation coil being rotatably connected to inner wall of induction frame.
Resumen de: US20260298212A1
0000 A wind turbine nacelle having a base frame comprising a nacelle mounting ring including a mounting face adapted to be mountable to a wind turbine tower. The nacelle mounting ring has an open central aperture that, in use, conjoins an interior volume of the nacelle and an interior volume of the tower, wherein the mounting face defines a mounting plane. The wind turbine nacelle includes at least one electrical cabinet that is movably coupled, either directly or indirectly, to the base frame at a coupling point or, more simply, ‘coupling’, to move between a first and a second position. The coupling point is located within a cylindrical volume defined by and concentric with a diameter of the nacelle mounting ring, and which extends upwards from the mounting plane by a perpendicular distance corresponding to 80% of the diameter of the nacelle mounting ring and which extends downwards from the mounting plane by a perpendicular distance corresponding to 20% of the diameter of the nacelle mounting ring.
Resumen de: US20260298196A1
0000 A linear actuator for a pitch system of a wind turbine, comprising an actuator body and an actuator rod which is movable linearly with respect to the actuator body along an actuator axis. In one example, the linear actuator is in the form of a hydraulic actuator or ‘ram’ such that the actuator body is a hydraulic cylinder and the actuator rod is a cylinder rod. The actuator rod has a rod end and a rod end coupling attached to the rod end. The rod end coupling comprises a housing that receives the rod end, wherein at least one interference element is received in a recess in a circumferential part of the rod end. The at least one interference element is constrained in a radial direction within the recess by the housing, wherein the recess is shaped to prevent axial movement of the interference element in an outward axial direction away from the actuator body thereby to prevent axial movement of the housing in the outward axial direction and wherein the rod end coupling further comprises a connector bearing, wherein the housing bears against the connector bearing which prevents axial movement of the housing in an inner axial direction towards the actuator body relative to the actuator rod.
Resumen de: US20260296603A1
0000 A semi-submersible float for an offshore wind turbine, includes at least three vertical columns, one of which is intended to receive a wind turbine mast, the vertical columns being connected together by pontoons each formed by a plurality of planar panels which are assembled together at the level of edges extending longitudinally between two columns, the edges of the pontoons being rounded and connected at each of their longitudinal ends to a column via a transition piece.
Resumen de: US20260296599A1
It is disclosed a system (1) and a method for hook-up and tensioning of a floating wind turbine to the seabed. The floating wind turbine comprising at least one mooring line (3) adapted for mooring the floating wind turbine to the seabed. An installation vessel is provided with a dynamic positioning (DP) system and a winch (6), wherein the winch (6) is adapted for controlling a mooring line (3)/installation line (18). A tensioner is adapted for the mooring line/installation line. Controlling at least one of the winch and the dynamic positioning system on the installation vessel based on at least one input parameter for hook-up and tensioning of the at least one mooring line of the floating wind turbine to the seabed.
Resumen de: US20260298210A1
A method is provided of replacing a tension adjusting component (44) included in a cable support assembly (30) connected with a plurality of wind turbine blades (26) on a wind turbine (10). The method includes releasing tension in the cable support assembly (30), disconnecting a tension cable (36) from a free end (46) of the tension adjusting component (44) located away from the hub (24), and securing the tension cable (36) to the wind turbine (10). A second end (48) of the tension adjusting component (44) located within the hub (24) is connected to a hoisting device (72), and also disconnected from the hub (24 ). The hoisting device (72)—which may include a winch (73) or jib crane (82), and a lift cable (74)—is then used to lower the tension adjusting component (44) down to the ground surface, where a replacement tension adjusting component (44a) is connected to the hoisting device (72). The method further includes lifting the replacement tension adjusting component (44a) back to the lab (24) using the hoisting device (72) and reconnecting it to the cable support assembly (30) and to the hub (24). Such method avoids the need to conduct repairs on the tension adjusting component (44) while that component (44) is at the top of the tower (12) of the wind turbine (10), and also while avoiding needs for a large offsite crane to perform any of these movements.
Resumen de: US20260298204A1
A transportation system for transporting a wind turbine component (32) on a floating foundation (16) at an offshore wind turbine (10) is provided. The transportation system includes a rail system (52). The rail system (52) includes at least one rail (84) configured to extend from a component landing area (48) to a component lifting area (50) of the floating foundation (16). The transportation system also includes a transportation skid (46) selectively mountable to the rail system (52) and configured to receive the wind turbine component (32). The transportation skid (46) includes a skid frame (54) for supporting the wind turbine component (32) and at least one rail engagement element (60) configured to engage the rail system (52) for moving the transportation skid (46) along the rail system (52). A method of transporting the wind turbine component (32) at the floating foundation (16) of the offshore wind turbine (10), and a method of installing the wind turbine component (32) in the offshore wind turbine (10) are also provided.
Resumen de: AU2025237236A1
Expansion connector for interconnecting first and second members of a wind turbine assembly, having actuating and expansion directions, comprising: an actuator, having an elongate portion and a primary wedge portion extending from the elongate portion in the actuating direction, the primary wedge portion having a first inclined surface such that the primary wedge portion tapers towards the elongate portion; an actuation wedge, having a base portion configured to receive the elongate portion of the actuator, and a secondary wedge portion extending from the base portion in the actuating direction, towards the primary wedge portion, the secondary wedge portion having a second inclined surface, such that the secondary wedge portion tapers away from the base portion, wherein the secondary wedge portion is offset with respect to the primary wedge portion in a lateral direction, such that, as seen in the lateral direction, the primary and secondary wedge portions are allowed to overlap; and an expansion block comprising at least first and second complementary inclined surfaces that contact, respectively, the first and second inclined surfaces.
Resumen de: AU2025236268A1
The object of the invention is a hybrid wind turbine tower which reduces the number of connections between sections, so optimizing the design, also avoiding the concentration of stresses along the height of the tower and reducing the costs of transportation.
Resumen de: US20260298209A1
0000 An example method includes receiving an indication of a location of a lightning strike, determining that the location of the lightning strike is within a first range of at least one wind turbine, receiving wind turbine monitoring data from the at least one wind turbine, assessing the wind turbine monitoring data from the at least one wind turbine for non-standard performance, determining if the wind turbine monitoring data indicating non-standard performance is correlated with a lightning impact, and generating an alert that the at least one wind turbine may be damaged by lightning based on the lightning strike being within a first range of the at least one wind turbine and the determination that the wind turbine monitoring data indicates non-standard performance is correlated with the lightning impact.
Nº publicación: EP4814291A1 30/09/2026
Solicitante:
ENVISION ENERGY TECH PTE LTD [SG]
Envision Energy Technology Pte Ltd.
Resumen de: EP4814291A1
0001 The present disclosure relates to dry fibre-fabric inlays for being embedded in a shell structure of a wind turbine blade and a method for manufacturing the dry fibre-fabric inlay. The method includes arranging two or more bushings and one or more dry fibre-fabric inlays alternately between the bushings, and consolidating the bushings and the dry fibre-fabric inlays together. The present disclosure also relates to a wind turbine rotor blade including a plurality of the dry fibre-fabric inlays, and to methods of manufacturing the blade.