Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinged tower segments and transport method
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Application No.: US15515836Application Date: 2015-10-02
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Publication No.: US10041479B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Gunnar K. Storgaard Pedersen
- Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Aarhus N.
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DK201470614 20151006
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050296 WO 20151002
- International Announcement: WO2016/055070 WO 20160414
- Main IPC: E04B1/00
- IPC: E04B1/00 ; F03D13/20 ; E04H12/34 ; E04H12/08 ; E04B1/41 ; E04B1/343 ; F03D13/10

Abstract:
This application relates to hinged tower segments and transport methods, and particularly to methods and apparatus for transporting and storing hinged segments of steel wind turbine towers. The wind turbine tower comprises a plurality of cylindrical vertical tower sections, which in the finished tower are mounted on top of one another. The vertical section of the tower has a longitudinal axis and comprises a plurality of wind turbine tower segments, the tower segments have vertical and horizontal edges and combine to form a complete vertical tower section by joining along their edges. Adjacent vertical tower sections are joined to each other along the horizontal edges of the wind turbine tower segments. Hinges are secured between tower segments and the tower segments rotated about the hinged axis to make them suitable for transport or storage. A method of assembling a tower section is discussed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170248126A1 HINGED TOWER SEGMENTS AND TRANSPORT METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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