Inventor

Lawrence Donald Willey

Inventor

Simpsonville, SC, US

Overview

12→

Patents

1999–2012

Patent span

Mechanical engineering

Primary field (CPC F)

Patents· 12 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

Y02Eprimary

Y02EReduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution18%

F03DWind motors16%

F05BIndexing scheme relating to wind, spring, weight, inertia or like motors, to machines or engines for liquids covered by subclasses f03b, f03d and f03g16%

F01DNon-positive displacement machines or engines, e.g. steam turbines7%

F16JPistons7%

Y02PClimate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods7%

B29CShaping or joining of plastics4%

B29LIndexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articles4%

F05CIndexing scheme relating to materials, material properties or material characteristics for machines, engines or pumps other than non-positive-displacement machines or engines4%

B29KIndexing scheme associated with subclasses b29b, b29c or b29d, relating to moulding materials or to materials for moulds, reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. inserts2%

PatentTitleYear

8,303,249'Wind turbine and method for optimizing energy production therein'2012 8,192,572'Composite wind turbine tower and a method for fabricating same'2012 8,186,940'Ventilation arrangement'2012 8,182,234'Spaceframe wind turbine energy converter structure'2012 8,152,440'Resistive contact sensors for large blade and airfoil pressure and flow separation measurements'2012 7,927,445'Vertical manufacturing of composite wind turbine tower'2011 7,352,075'Methods and apparatus for controlling rotational speed of a rotor'2008 7,289,920'Method and apparatus for capture of grid characteristics corresponding to fluctuation events'2007 6,439,844'Turbine bucket cover and brush seal'2002 6,139,019'Seal assembly and rotary machine containing such seal'2000 6,109,869'Steam turbine nozzle trailing edge modification for improved stage performance'2000 5,890,873'Labyrinth seal for a turbine bucket cover'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2012Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (12)· patent assignee history

1999–2002Based in Burnt Hills, NY, US· patent location history

2007Based in Bakersfield, CA, US· patent location history

2008–2012Based in Simpsonville, SC, US· patent location history

2012Patents assigned to WILLEY LAWRENCE D (3)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to WILLEY LAWRENCE DONALD (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to ZHENG DANIAN (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to GERBER BRANDON S (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
GEN ELECTRIC	12	1999–2012
WILLEY LAWRENCE Dself	3	2012
WILLEY LAWRENCE DONALDself	2	2012
ZHENG DANIAN	2	2012
GERBER BRANDON S	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Simpsonville, SC, US	7	2008–2012
Burnt Hills, New York, US	4	1999–2002
Bakersfield, California, US	1	2007