Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hub for wind turbine rotor
- Patent Title (中): 风力发电机转子毂
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Application No.: US13450575Application Date: 2012-04-19
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Publication No.: US09175668B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Vidya Sagar Meesala
- Applicant: Vidya Sagar Meesala
- 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.
- Main IPC: F03D1/06
- IPC: F03D1/06 ; F03D11/04

Abstract:
A hub for a rotor of a wind turbine is disclosed. The hub includes a hollow body rotatable around a rotation axis. The hollow body includes a blade flange and defines a blade flange area surrounded by the blade flange. The hollow body further includes a main shaft flange defining a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. The hub further includes a stiffening web extending within the blade flange area and defining a web plane. A side profile of the web plane extends from the first end to the second end is oriented at a cone angle to the rotation axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130280089A1 HUB FOR WIND TURBINE ROTOR Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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