- Patent Title: Freestanding internal structure assembly for a wind turbine tower
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Application No.: US16366475Application Date: 2019-03-27
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Publication No.: US10914095B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: James Eric Reed , Ronald Lawrence Yenser , Gary Wayne Holladay , Eduardo Moreno Benito , Sergi Unzueta Garcia
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning. P.A.
- Priority: EP18382216 20180328
- Main IPC: E04H12/34
- IPC: E04H12/34 ; F03D13/20 ; E04H12/10 ; F03D80/80 ; E04B1/98 ; E04H12/00

Abstract:
A tower assembly for a wind turbine includes a tower and a freestanding internal tower structure assembly. The tower has a tower wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface separated by a tower wall thickness, with the inner surface defining a tower interior. The internal tower structure assembly is positioned within the tower interior. The tower structure assembly includes a plurality of stackable support structures configured to support one or more internal tower components. Further, the tower structure assembly is freestanding within the tower interior.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190301196A1 Freestanding Internal Structure Assembly for a Wind Turbine Tower Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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