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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Jan Erich Hemmelmann, Munich, DE;
Stefan Brandhoff, Haag an der Amper, DE;
Alexander Felix Fiseni, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Jan Erich Hemmelmann, Munich, DE;
Stefan Brandhoff, Haag an der Amper, DE;
Alexander Felix Fiseni, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling transmission of signals and data via means of infrared (IR) light for a wind turbine includes a plurality of IR data communication elements configured to provide unidirectional and bidirectional IR data exchange between non-rotating portions of the wind turbine and the rotatable wind turbine hub.