- Patent Title: Lifting tool for lifting a wind turbine blade, lifting arrangement, wind turbine installation environment and method for assembling a wind turbine blade with a hub of a wind turbine
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Application No.: US17019772Application Date: 2020-09-14
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Publication No.: US11459213B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Russell James Brice , Jesper Moeller
- Applicant: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Brande
- Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Current Assignee: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Brande
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP
- Priority: EP19197437 20190916
- Main IPC: B66C1/10
- IPC: B66C1/10 ; F03D13/10 ; B66C23/18

Abstract:
Provided is a lifting tool for lifting a wind turbine blade by means of a crane for subsequent assembly with a wind turbine, the lifting tool having at least one attachment means for attachment to the crane and at least one holding device for holding the wind turbine blade, whereby the at least one holding device is connected to a controller of the lifting tool and the holding device includes at least one movable supporting element for supporting the wind turbine blade and at least one actuator connected to the at least one movable supporting element and controlled by the controller so that the movable supporting element is movable by means of the actuator. Further provided is a lifting arrangement, a wind turbine installation environment and a method for assembling a wind turbine blade with a hub of a wind turbine.
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