Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tubular structure and wind turbine generator
- Patent Title (中): 管状结构和风力发电机组
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Application No.: US13018873Application Date: 2011-02-01
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Publication No.: US08209913B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Hajime Murata
- Applicant: Hajime Murata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agent Manabu Kanesaka; Kenneth M. Berner; Benjamin J. Hauptman
- Main IPC: E04H12/00
- IPC: E04H12/00 ; E04C3/00

Abstract:
An object of the invention is to propose a tubular structure and a wind turbine generator in which work on an outer surface of the tower structure can be performed easily. A tubular structure comprises: a plurality of tubular sections 21 that are stacked one on top of another in a vertical direction, the adjacent tubular sections 21 being joined together with use of a splice plate 22 arranged on at least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of abutting ends of the adjacent tubular sections 21 and a fastening member 25 fastening the splice plate 22 and the adjacent tubular sections 21; an opening for operation 26 which is arranged in a vicinity of the splice plate 22 on a circumferential surface of the tubular sections 21; and a reinforcing rib 28 arranged in the vertical direction on the circumferential surface of the tubular sections 21, wherein a vertical position of the reinforcing rib 28 includes at least a vertical range where the opening for operation 26 is arranged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120049529A1 TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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