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NORTHERN POWER SYSTEMS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    52
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    209,800
About

NORTHERN POWER SYSTEMS INC has a total of 52 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1986. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets engines, pumps and turbines, environmental technology and electrical machinery and energy are GE RENEWABLE TECH WIND BV, STIESDAL HENRIK and NORTHERN POWER SYSTEMS UTILITY SCALE INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing NORTHERN POWER SYSTEMS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Petter Jeffrey K 21
#2 Lynch Jonathan A 10
#3 Coleman Clint 8
#4 Bywaters Garrett L 6
#5 Costin Daniel P 6
#6 Costin Daniel 5
#7 Kurth William T 4
#8 Danforth William 4
#9 Bevington Christopher 4
#10 Cole Trevor H 4

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US10224831B1 Control systems, methods, and software for keeping power converters within operating limits during disturbances
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WO2009058993A1 Variable speed operating system and method of operation for wind turbines
EP2089949A2 Modular power converters usable alone or in a multiphase power converter
US2008074911A1 Multiphase power converters and multiphase power converting methods
US2008002442A1 Frequency control and power balancing in disturbed power inverter system and method thereof
US2008048456A1 Modular microturbine system
US2007284882A1 Water turbine system and method of operation
WO2006036917A2 Electrical power distribution system and method thereof
US2006028083A1 Permanent magnet rotor for a direct drive generator or a low speed motor
US2006002157A1 Frequency control and power balancing in disturbed power inverter system and method thereof
US7377750B1 Lightning protection system for a wind turbine
US7431567B1 Wind turbine having a direct-drive drivetrain
US2005230979A1 Direct drive wind turbine