Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assembly, an installation package and a method for use in installation of an installation unit in a wind turbine tower
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Application No.: US16307690Application Date: 2017-06-22
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Publication No.: US11268497B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Ben Møller Nielsen
- 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: DKPA201670468 20160629
- International Application: PCT/DK2017/050205 WO 20170622
- International Announcement: WO2018/001427 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: F03D13/20
- IPC: F03D13/20 ; F03D13/25 ; F03D80/80 ; F03D13/10 ; E04H12/34

Abstract:
An assembly, installation package and method for installing a wind turbine tower. The assembly (139) comprises an installation unit (114) having unit guides (140), each configured to engage a corresponding engagement guide (130) adjacent to an upper inner edge of the tower section (110) to guide the assembly while it is lowered into the tower section. The assembly also includes a yoke (136) releasably connected to the installation unit and comprising yoke guides (146), each configured to engage a corresponding engagement guide (130) adjacent to the upper inner edge of the tower section to guide the assembly while it is lowered into the tower section (110). The assembly (139) is configured such that at least one of the unit guides (140) and/or the yoke guides (146) is or are substantially continuously engaged with the engagement guides (130) from when the assembly (139) enters the tower section (110) until the assembly reaches its installation position within the tower section.
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