F03D 17/00
Monitoring or testing of wind motors
Official title: Monitoring or testing of wind motors, e.g. diagnostics (testing during commissioning of wind motors F03D13/30)
F03D17/00 (Monitoring or testing of wind motors) appears on 1,474 US grants and 2,046 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03D- Granted patents
- 1,474
- Published applications
- 2,046
- Assignees
- 506
- Inventors
- 3,500
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 14 |
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| 2009 | 7 | 50 |
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| 2012 | 74 | 96 |
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| 2015 | 36 | 115 |
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| 2019 | 110 | 152 |
| 2020 | 130 | 164 |
| 2021 | 132 | 146 |
| 2022 | 136 | 133 |
| 2023 | 117 | 137 |
| 2024 | 136 | 117 |
| 2025 | 98 | 88 |
| 2026 | 49 | 71 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F03D 17/009Monitoring or testing of wind motors: characterised by the purpose100
- F03D 17/027Monitoring or testing of wind motors: characterised by the component being monitored75
- F03D 17/005Monitoring or testing of wind motors: using computation methods41
- F03D 17/001Inspection23
- F03D 17/007Wind farm monitoring11
Recent patents
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- Fiber fabric and blade of wind turbine with the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,721 B2Envision Energy CO.,LTD
- Method for testing a lightning protection system and/or a lightning detection system of a wind turbine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,440 B2Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Method for detecting a blade misalignment of a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,441 B2Wobben Properties GmbH
- Fail safe system for wind turbine nacelle15 Sep 2026US 12,736,027 B2Kodair Wind Designs Limited
- Monitoring the operation of a wind turbine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309130 A1
- Method for collecting analysis data from a wind turbine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298205 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Wind turbine blade specimen testing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298206 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Verifying wind turbine performance1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298207 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Systems and methods for rapid detection of lightning-impacted wind turbines1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298209 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind turbine with a wind velocity measurement system108US 6,320,272 B1Forskningscenter Riso · 2001
- Method and apparatus for wind turbine rotor load control based on shaft radial displacement98US 7,004,724 B2General Electric Company · 2006
- Variable speed wind turbine84US 4,695,736 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1987
- Method of controlling the operation of a wind turbine and wind turbine for use in said method81US 6,619,918 B1Vestas Wind Systems A/S · 2003
- Speed avoidance logic for a variable speed wind turbine79US 4,700,081 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1987