Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Base support for wind-driven power generators
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Application No.: US13875692Application Date: 2013-05-02
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Publication No.: US08733045B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Bryant Allan Zavitz , Kevin Lee Kirkley
- Applicant: Tindall Corporation
- Applicant Address: US SC Spartanburg
- Assignee: Tindall Corporation
- Current Assignee: Tindall Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Spartanburg
- Agency: The Tracy IP Law Firm, PLLC
- Main IPC: E02D27/42
- IPC: E02D27/42 ; E04H12/12 ; F03D11/04

Abstract:
Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodology for providing a base support, such as including concrete, and used such as for a wind-driven generator. Precast concrete cylinders are stacked in place upon a platform that may be partially precast and partially cast in place during assembly and supported, in certain embodiments, by plural concrete legs, the other ends of which are supported on a unitary or subdivided concrete foundation. In other embodiments, the platform may be supported by ribbed concrete panels. The concrete cylinders are glued together using an epoxy and then secured by an internal vertical post tension system extending from the platform to the upper most cylinder. Different types of concrete are used between upper and lower sections of the stacked cylinders. The lower section uses reinforced concrete while the upper section used ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130269270A1 BASE SUPPORT FOR WIND-DRIVEN POWER GENERATORS Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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