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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091420 | Illuminated directional wind speed indicator A combination wind direction and wind speed indicating apparatus for providing enhanced visibility at night and under other low visibility conditions is mounted, for example, at an airport landing zone, to rotate in the wind and indicates wind direction with high-in... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037748 | Method for aligning a component into a wind direction and sensor for determining misalignment of a component relative to a wind direction In one aspect, a method for aligning a component into a wind direction is provided. The component comprises a sensor which is located such that at least part of the sensor is exposed to the wind. A signal is measured based on the force acting on the sensor due to th... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7963160 | Test bench comprising angle adjustment means and methods for testing wind turbine equipment The invention relates to a test bench for testing wind turbine equipment. The test bench comprises one or more load applying means directly or indirectly applying load to the equipment during said test and wherein the test bench comprises angle adjustment means for ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7861583 | Wind turbine anemometry compensation A system for estimating a freestream wind characteristic for a wind turbine having a rotor includes estimating a nacelle wind speed for the turbine; determining, from the estimated nacelle wind speed, at least one angular position of the rotor for measuring a nacell... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7832266 | Resin weathervane system A resin weathervane having a weathervane tube mounted within a resin weathervane figurine with stabilizing support rods coupled to an upper portion of the weathervane tube and a belt of fiberglass material wrapped at least partially around the tube and the stabilizi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827861 | Position correction in sodar and meteorological lidar systems A system and method for correcting wind speed and direction data collected by a sodar or lidar apparatus for the orientation and/or position of the apparatus. There are sensors mounted to the sodar or lidar apparatus that detect the orientation and position of the a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7802469 | Measurement method for brakes in wind turbines A method for testing the brakes of a wind energy system is provided, wherein the method comprising determining the brake torque by an indirect measurement. The method contains a comparison to defined threshold values for time and generator torque as well as time and... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7730776 | Vector wind sensor and integrated antenna An anemometer assembly for sensing and transmitting wind speed and wind direction data. The wind sensor measures relative wind direction and wind speed without the use of moving parts and consumes very little power making it suitable for unattended operation. The ma... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7721597 | Simplified anemoscope The present invention provides a simplified anemoscope that allows the direction and intensity of the wind to be relatively accurately confirmed in a simple manner, and that is superior in portability and design. A simplified anemoscope according to the present inve... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7658100 | Device and method for measuring air movement This device has a detection means to measure the relative amount of air movement in its vicinity. The detection means is coupled to a processing means for creating a variable trigger signal that is proportional to detected air movement. The detection means consists ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7591176 | Wind-powered wireless (RF) anemometer A wireless wind-powered anemometer comprising: a wind reacting device; a rotatable shaft in communication with the wind reacting device; an ac generator in communication with the rotatable shaft, and where the ac generator is configured to produce an ac voltage that... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7516657 | Apparatus for indicating wind direction with solar power illuminating devices Disclosed is an apparatus for indicating wind direction including: a holder, a supportive pole connected to the holder, a wind vane rotatably connected to the supportive pole in view of wind so as to indicate a direction of wind, an orientation indicator rotatably c... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7454968 | Wind-powered wireless (RF) anemometer A wireless wind-powered anemometer comprising: a wind reacting device; a rotatable shaft in communication with the wind reacting device; an ac generator in communication with the rotatable shaft, and where the ac generator is configured to produce an ac voltage that... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7437923 | Wind and water speed and direction measurement device A device for measuring fluid flow, in particular, but not exclusively, wind and/or water speed and direction. The device includes magnetic measuring means having a core and first and second orthogonal windings arranged over the core, and deflector means adapted to b... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437924 | Wind vane device A wind vane device comprises a horizontal portion that can swivel by the propeller blades provided at one end, a vertical portion with one end attached to the bottom of the horizontal portion and the other end extending downwardly, a supporting frame supporting the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412880 | Device and method for screening a plant population for wind damage resistance traits A device and method for applying a wind force to a plurality of plants in an agricultural environment is provided to screen for selected wind-resistance traits in the plurality of plants. In one embodiment of the present invention, a device is provided including a g... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401507 | Rotary joint for a moving-vane multifunction pressure probe The present invention relates to pressure probes for measuring the aerodynamic flight parameters of an aircraft and more particularly those in which the orifices for measuring the static pressure and total pressure are located on a moving angle-of-attack or angle-of... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395705 | System for measuring an airflow angle at the wingtip of an aircraft A vortex angle system includes one or more vortex angle sensors disposed on one or more wingtips of an aircraft. A summing circuit and computer compare signals from each sensor to provide a signal, which is indicative of the average vortex angle of the aircraft.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385304 | Wind warning system A wind warning system. The system includes: an alarm module configured to provide a audio signal; a power module configured to provide power to the alarm module; and a trigger module configured to trigger actuation of the alarm module. There is also a wind-speed sen... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363808 | Method, system and computer program product for nacelle wind speed correction A technique for correcting measurement error in data produced by a nacelle-based anemometer and for determining free stream wind speed for a wind turbine involves ascertaining parameters related to the wind turbine and the operation thereof, and using the parameters... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350411 | Hunting wind sensor A wind sensor device consisting of a plurality of light weight, flexible, high tensile strength filaments attached to and depending from a malleable elongated body structure, such as a wire. The filaments are blown by the wind, thus indicating direction. The flexibl... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343793 | Acoustic profiler for wind, temperature, and turbulence Characterizing atmospheric conditions is accomplished by measuring at least one varying spectral characteristic of sound at a plurality of intervals from a sound source with the point of measurement and the sound source in relative motion and separated by altitude. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331229 | Magnetic null accelerometer An accelerometer system includes a capacitor plate fixed within a housing and a flexure plate positioned substantially parallel to the capacitor plate a distance therefrom. The distance varies in response to acceleration forces acting upon the flexure plate such tha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313495 | Method of processing marine magnetic gradient data and exploration methods using that data A method of processing marine magnetic data is disclosed which comprises towing first and second magnetometers M1 and M2 behind a ship (10). Raw magnetic gradient data is obtained from the sensors and the trend of the gradient of the shi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290444 | Measurement object for wind tunnel test A pressure sensitive paint is applied to the surface of a measurement object main body of a wind tunnel and is irradiated with an excitation light from a luminescent sheet and excited to generate phosphorescence so that an intensity of the phosphorescence that corre... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284448 | Device and method for passively measuring fluid and target chemical mass fluxes in natural and constructed non-porous fluid flow system An improved method and apparatus for simultaneously monitoring the fluid flux and the target chemical mass fluxes in fluid flow systems is provided comprising the use of a body or shell that is inserted into the flow field. Inside or outside this body is a bundle of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284421 | Detection of wake vortices and the like in the lower atmosphere Two SODAR systems (12a and 12r) for detecting and characterizing vortices (16) shed from landing or departing aircraft (14) as at an airport (10) are positioned so that one, the active system (12a) is lo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275428 | Device for ensuring safe movement of a moving part The invention relates to a device for ensuring safe movement of a moving part. The movement of the moving part is guided along or about an axis (4; 42) and is limited by at least one stop (1; 20; 51). The device comprises means for recording the exceed... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275013 | Plasma anemometer and method for using same Methods and systems are described for a system for obtaining information regarding a flow. These methods and systems comprise a signal generator configured to generate an alternating current signal at a carrier frequency and a transformer arranged to receive the gen... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269998 | Wind gauges and wind gauge kits A wind gauge includes a wind vane. The wind vane includes at least one wing. The wind vane is adapted to assume a prescribed level position responsive to a prescribed corresponding wind speed incident on the wind vane. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267073 | Wind direction indicator The present invention provides a first axial support that allows of the weathervane to rotate and a second axial support that prevents the weathervane from becoming dislodged from the first axial support. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258000 | Scanner and method for detecting pressures on a member A scanner and associated method for detecting pressures on a test member are provided. The scanner can be provided with an electronic module that includes an analog-digital (A/D) converter associated with each channel of the scanner and configured to provide digital... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249614 | Structure and method for improving flow uniformity and reducing turbulence A structure for reducing turbulence and increasing flow uniformity in a flowing fluid in a wind tunnel, or a fluid channel, has a plurality of conduits or channels arranged into a conduit bundle. The conduit bundle has a number of parallel conduits with plurality of... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244100 | Horizontal axis wind turbine and method for controlling horizontal axis wind turbine A horizontal axis wind turbine of an upwind type includes: a rotor for rotating around a rotor axis extending in a horizontal direction, the rotor being turned in a horizontal plane according to a wind direction; a nacelle having a symmetrical shape with respect to ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234348 | Testing apparatus A testing apparatus is disclosed that is suitable for a game ball, such as a soccer ball, and a variety of other spherical or non-spherical objects. The testing apparatus includes a housing with the configuration of an air foil. A shaft extends through the housing, ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207217 | Movement detecting device and safety device for awning with articulated arms The device for detecting movement, particularly that due to wind, comprises a sensor (15) supplying a signal at the time of detection and processing means (21, 22, 23) for converting the detected signal into a control signal. The signal supplied by the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7147184 | Aerodynamic fairing system for airship An aerodynamic fairing system for an airship having a substantially spherical balloon portion includes an inflatable fairing that is attachable to the balloon portion, and a fairing actuation mechanism that selectively inflates and deploys the fairing after lift-off... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140245 | Wind vane for golfers A wind vane that easily snaps on to golf equipment such as the pole of a golf bag for visually indicating wind direction to a golfer comprises two side elements attached to each other at a junction along the side elements' edges forming approximately a 50 degree ang... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124630 | Multipurpose sensor for aircraft The invention concerns a multifunction probe for aircraft. The probe measures the total pressure and measures the total temperature of an air flow surrounding the aircraft. The total pressure is measured by a first tube, the so-called Pitot tube oriented substantial... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124631 | Wind power installation and method and apparatus for use in association therewith The present invention concerns an apparatus for monitoring a wind power installation, with at least one sensor for detecting measurement values, and also a method of monitoring a wind power installation, in which: (i) a measurement value is detected with at least on... | 10/24/2006 |
