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William Danforth — 8 Patents

NSNorthern Power Systems: 6 patents #6 of 30Top 20%
NSNorthern Power Systems Utility Scale: 2 patents #4 of 23Top 20%
Middlebury, VT: #4 of 87 inventorsTop 5%
Vermont: #860 of 4,968 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
William Danforth has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Northern Power Systems. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in June 2013. William Danforth ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list William Danforth in Middlebury, VT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8454309 Wind turbine/generator set and method of making same Christopher Bevington, Garrett L. Bywaters, Clint Coleman, Daniel P. Costin, Jonathan A. Lynch +1 more 2013-06-04
8308430 Wind turbine/generator set having a stator cooling system located between stator frame and active coils Christopher Bevington, Garrett L. Bywaters, Clint Coleman, Daniel P. Costin, Jonathan A. Lynch +1 more 2012-11-13
7891941 Wind turbine having a direct-drive drivetrain Christopher Bevington, Garrett L. Bywaters, Clint Coleman, Daniel P. Costin, Jonathan A. Lynch +1 more 2011-02-22
7431567 Wind turbine having a direct-drive drivetrain Christopher Bevington, Garrett L. Bywaters, Clint Coleman, Daniel P. Costin, Jonathan A. Lynch +1 more 2008-10-07
7183665 Direct drive wind turbine Garrett L. Bywaters, Christopher Bevington, Stowell Jesse, Daniel P. Costin 2007-02-27
7119453 Direct drive wind turbine Garrett L. Bywaters, Christopher Bevington, Stowell Jesse, Daniel P. Costin 2006-10-10
7109600 Direct drive wind turbine Garrett L. Bywaters, Christopher Bevington, Jesse Stowell, Daniel P. Costin 2006-09-19
7075192 Direct drive wind turbine Garrett L. Bywaters, Christopher Bevington, Jesse Stowell, Daniel P. Costin 2006-07-11