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Thomas Edenfeld — 13 Patents

GE: 13 patents #2,462 of 36,430Top 7%
Salzbergen, DE: #4 of 33 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Thomas Edenfeld has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at GE. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in February 2025. Thomas Edenfeld ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Thomas Edenfeld in Salzbergen, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2007.peak 22007: 2 patents20072009: 1 patents20092011: 1 patents20112012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents20162017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12228109 Method for operating a wind turbine and a wind turbine 2025-02-18
10502196 Slip ring system for a wind turbine wind turbine and a method for producing electrical energy Stephan Kluemper, Andre Langel, Xianglei Chen 2019-12-10 $16,479,000
9617976 Systems and methods for increasing wind turbine power output 2017-04-11 $16,578,000
9447772 Systems and methods for increasing wind turbine power output 2016-09-20 $22,689,000
9228568 Methods for scheduling the replacement of wind turbine batteries and related systems 2016-01-05 $29,685,000
8839586 Tower section and method for installing tower for wind turbine Matthias Wiehn 2014-09-23 $20,547,000
8344533 Use of pitch battery power to start wind turbine during grid loss/black start capability 2013-01-01
8328514 System and methods for determining a monitor set point limit for a wind turbine Renjith Viripullan, Vijendra Singh Chauhan, Lothar Wittekind, Udo Ahmann 2012-12-11 $18,106,000
8294289 Method for operating a wind turbine, method for determining the temperature of a permanent magnet and controller for a wind turbine 2012-10-23 $21,228,000
8008794 Use of pitch battery power to start wind turbine during grid loss/black start capability 2011-08-30 $17,784,000
7514809 Excitation voltage supply for synchronous generator used in a wind turbine, and method of starting a wind turbine having such excitation voltage supply 2009-04-07 $54,126,000
7276807 Wind turbine dump load system and method Henning Luetze, Peter Gauchel 2007-10-02 $69,869,000
7218012 Emergency pitch drive power supply 2007-05-15 $35,333,000