F03D
Wind motors
F03D (Wind motors) appears on 13,940 US grants and 17,947 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03D- Granted patents
- 13,940
- Published applications
- 17,947
- Assignees
- 3,655
- Inventors
- 20,704
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 32 | 0 |
| 1977 | 48 | 0 |
| 1978 | 58 | 0 |
| 1979 | 53 | 0 |
| 1980 | 64 | 0 |
| 1981 | 69 | 0 |
| 1982 | 90 | 0 |
| 1983 | 69 | 0 |
| 1984 | 73 | 0 |
| 1985 | 71 | 0 |
| 1986 | 53 | 0 |
| 1987 | 42 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 |
| 1993 | 33 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 51 | 13 |
| 2002 | 58 | 70 |
| 2003 | 73 | 129 |
| 2004 | 89 | 173 |
| 2005 | 119 | 174 |
| 2006 | 130 | 255 |
| 2007 | 156 | 346 |
| 2008 | 175 | 456 |
| 2009 | 193 | 661 |
| 2010 | 320 | 1056 |
| 2011 | 541 | 1264 |
| 2012 | 722 | 1213 |
| 2013 | 674 | 1031 |
| 2014 | 740 | 951 |
| 2015 | 644 | 1035 |
| 2016 | 659 | 811 |
| 2017 | 785 | 754 |
| 2018 | 694 | 816 |
| 2019 | 752 | 895 |
| 2020 | 793 | 983 |
| 2021 | 778 | 932 |
| 2022 | 834 | 996 |
| 2023 | 733 | 880 |
| 2024 | 946 | 850 |
| 2025 | 764 | 673 |
| 2026 | 404 | 530 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- F03D 9/00Adaptations of wind motors for special use4,536
- F03D 7/00Controlling wind motors4,347
- F03D 80/00Details, components or accessories not provided for in groups f03d1/00 - f03d17/003,877
- F03D 1/00Wind motors with rotation axis substantially parallel to the air flow entering3,732
- F03D 13/00Assembly, mounting or commissioning of wind motors3,336
- F03D 3/00Wind motors with rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the air flow entering1,737
- F03D 15/00Transmission of mechanical power1,492
- F03D 17/00Monitoring or testing of wind motors1,474
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Recent patents
- Thermal energy storage system coupled with a solid oxide electrolysis system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,710 B2Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Wind turbine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,736 B2ODE Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
- System and method for controlling a wind turbine during a communication loss6 Oct 2026US 12,753,737 B2GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- System and method for counting fatigue-related winged animal stops of a wind turbine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,738 B1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Method of mounting a segmented generator of a wind turbine, generator segment, segmented generator and wind turbine6 Oct 2026US 12,753,739 B2Wobben Properties GmbH
- Method and system for manufacturing a rotor blade for a wind turbine, computer program product and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307183 A1
- Performance of airfoils and hydrofoils8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307777 A1SJK Energy Solutions, LLC
- Crane with tower connection mechanism8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307952 A1Liftra IP Aps
- Windblade repair adhesive and a process for use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308429 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- A method for mounting a wind turbine rotor blade to a hub8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309123 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind turbine and a shaft for a wind turbine1,094US 8,664,792 B2Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS · 2014
- Fail-safe actuation system926US 9,239,064 B2Moog Inc. · 2016
- Performance optimization controller and control method for doubly-fed machines427US 5,798,631 AState of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University · 1998
- Islanding-operation prevention apparatus, and dispersed power generation apparatus and power generation system using the same282US 5,686,766 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Intelligent control with hierarchical stacked neural networks273US 9,015,093 B12015