F03D 7/0224
Adjusting blade pitch
Official title: {Adjusting blade pitch}
F03D7/0224 (Adjusting blade pitch) appears on 1,350 US grants and 1,553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03D- Granted patents
- 1,350
- Published applications
- 1,553
- Assignees
- 378
- Inventors
- 2,179
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 86 | 57 |
| 2025 | 58 | 47 |
| 2026 | 40 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for controlling a wind turbine during a communication loss6 Oct 2026US 12,753,737 B2GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Control device and method of controlling a wind turbine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,438 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
- Method and controller arrangement for operating a wind turbine farm15 Sep 2026US 12,736,028 B2Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Azimuth-domain detection of an occurring rotor imbalance in a wind turbine18 Aug 2026US 12,710,027 B2Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Wind turbine pitch and yaw control1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298199 A1Nordex Energy Spain, S.A.U.
- Wind turbine including pivotable blades and annular shroud1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298200 A1
- Operation of a wind turbine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266260 A1GE Vernova Renovables Espana, S.L.
- Estimating velocity in a fore-aft direction of a top of a wind turbine tower based on blade flap loads10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266264 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- A pitch controlled wind turbine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258780 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
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- Speed control system for a variable speed wind turbine126US 5,289,041 AU.S. Windpower, Inc. · 1994
- Machine for converting wind energy to electrical energy126US 5,506,453 A1996