KP

Kirk Gee Pierce

GE: 19 patents #1,473 of 36,430Top 5%
SE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy: 4 patents #63 of 493Top 15%
Overall (All Time): #176,722 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12203446 Controlling a wind turbine using blade pitch angle setting and blade add-on setting Fiona Dunne, Thomas Esbensen, Gustav Hoegh, Brian Willum Solberg 2025-01-21
12088226 Estimation of rotor operational characteristics for a wind turbine Jared Frank 2024-09-10
12055126 Determination of wind parameter values for use in wind turbine control systems Thomas Esbensen, Jared Frank 2024-08-06
11927173 Imbalance estimation for the wind rotor of a wind turbine 2024-03-12
8649911 System and method for operating a wind farm under high wind speed conditions Aaron John Avagliano, Ralph Teichmann, Paul Hopewell, Ameet Shridhar Deshpande, Sukru Eker 2014-02-11
8360722 Method and system for validating wind turbine Till Hoffmann, Gert Torbohm, Jignesh Gandhi, Robert Peter Slack 2013-01-29
8215906 Variable tip speed ratio tracking control for wind turbines Brandon Shane Gerber, Stefan Herr 2012-07-10
8096761 Blade pitch management method and system Thomas Frank Fric, Kevin J. Standish, Bernard Landa 2012-01-17
7999406 Wind turbine plant high wind derating control Mark Edward Cardinal 2011-08-16
7874797 Methods and apparatus for balancing a rotor Robert Peter Slack 2011-01-25
7845236 Resistive contact sensors for large blade and airfoil pressure and flow separation measurements Danian Zheng, Brandon Shane Gerber, Robert P. Grimley, Jay F. Leonard 2010-12-07
7679215 Wind farm power ramp rate control system and method Robert William Delmerico, Mark Edward Cardinal 2010-03-16
7581921 Methods and apparatus for controlling rotary machines Bharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Patrick Lee Jansen, Gary Randall Barnes, Thomas Frank Fric, James P. Lyons +2 more 2009-09-01
7488155 Method and apparatus for wind turbine braking Corneliu Barbu, Ralph Teichmann, Aaron John Avagliano, Leonardo Cesar Kammer, David Samuel Pesetsky +1 more 2009-02-10
7437264 Methods and apparatus for balancing a rotor Robert Peter Slack 2008-10-14
7352075 Methods and apparatus for controlling rotational speed of a rotor Lawrence D. Willey, John Cunningham, Eric Gebhardt, Ulrich Uphues, William E. Holley 2008-04-01
7298059 System and method for operating a wind farm under high wind speed conditions Robert William Delmerico, Mark Edward Cardinal 2007-11-20
7220104 Vibration reduction system for a wind turbine Danian Zheng, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Vasanth Srinivasa Kothnur 2007-05-22
7160083 Method and apparatus for wind turbine rotor load control David LeMieux 2007-01-09
7121795 Method and apparatus for reducing rotor blade deflections, loads, and/or peak rotational speed Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz 2006-10-17
7118338 Methods and apparatus for twist bend coupled (TCB) wind turbine blades Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz, David LeMieux 2006-10-10
7118339 Methods and apparatus for reduction of asymmetric rotor loads in wind turbines Emilian Mieczyslaw Moroz 2006-10-10
7004724 Method and apparatus for wind turbine rotor load control based on shaft radial displacement David LeMieux, Ralph W. Blakemore 2006-02-28