US Patent Issued to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS on Dec. 2 for "Method for handling gearbox vibrations in a wind turbine" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,829, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus N, Denmark).

"Method for handling gearbox vibrations in a wind turbine" was invented by Peter Mongeau (Center Conway, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling operation of a generator for a wind turbine is disclosed. A measure for a rotational speed of the generator, and a measure for vibrations originating from gear tooth meshing of a gearbox of the wind turbine, at the rotational speed of the generator, and at least one amplitude of a harmonic in the gearbox vibrations is determined. An initial phase angle and an initial amplitude are selected...