ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,431, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus N, Denmark).
"Torque limiter based on current torque value" was invented by John Schwensen (Aarhus N, Denmark), Sara Siniscalchi Minna (Aarhus C, Denmark) and Tobias Gybel Hovgaard (Ry, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for control of a wind turbine where a torque limit is set based on a control signal. A current torque value of a rotor of the wind turbine is determined and compared to an upper torque limit value and the control signal is modified if the current torque value is larger than the upper torque limit value. The upper torqu...