Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wind turbine nacelle comprising a rear frame structure with flexible joints
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Application No.: US16089069Application Date: 2017-03-09
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Publication No.: US10895247B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Kristoffer Isbak Thomsen , Anders Haslund Liingaard
- 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: DKPA201670449 20160622
- International Application: PCT/DK2017/050068 WO 20170309
- International Announcement: WO2017/220095 WO 20171228
- Main IPC: F03D13/20
- IPC: F03D13/20

Abstract:
A nacelle of a wind turbine includes a rear frame structure (1), the rear frame structure (1) having a plurality of truss members (2), and a plurality of joints (3), each joint (3) interconnecting ends of at least two truss members (2). Each joint (3) includes a central portion (6) and at least two connecting portions (7) extending away from the central portion (6), each connecting portion (7) being arranged to form an interface towards a truss member (2), and each connecting portion (7) being significantly more flexible than the central portion (6) and significantly more flexible than the truss members (2). The rear frame structure (1) is capable of improved handling of bending moments due to the increased flexibility of the connecting portions (7).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200300222A1 A WIND TURBINE NACELLE COMPRISING A REAR FRAME STRUCTURE WITH FLEXIBLE JOINTS Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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