Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unmanned aerial device and method for performing a lightning protection measurement at a wind turbine
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Application No.: US14824958Application Date: 2015-08-12
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Publication No.: US09612264B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Marcel Bruins , Jochen Holling
- Applicant: Availon GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Rheine
- Assignee: Availon GmbH
- Current Assignee: Availon GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Rheine
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Priority: DE202014006541U 20140814
- Main IPC: G01R27/08
- IPC: G01R27/08 ; F03D1/00 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R1/067 ; F03D80/00 ; F03D80/30 ; F03D17/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to an unmanned aerial device for performing a resistance, current and/or voltage measurement at an object, in particular a lightning protection measurement at a wind turbine, comprising a contact element with an electrically conductive contact area, which can be brought into contact with a surface of the object, in particular with a lightning protection receptor of a rotor blade, of a nacelle or of a tower of a wind turbine, and comprising an electrically conductive measurement cable, which, with a first end, is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the contact area, and, with a second end, can be connected to a resistance, current and/or voltage measuring device and/or a grounding contact of the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160047850A1 UNMANNED AERIAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A LIGHTNING PROTECTION MEASUREMENT AT A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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