• Patent Title: Blade pitch angle adjusting apparatus for a wind turbine
  • Application No.: US13985557
    Application Date: 2012-01-20
  • Publication No.: US09644607B2
    Publication Date: 2017-05-09
  • Inventor: Bernd Zickert
  • Applicant: Bernd Zickert
  • Applicant Address: DE Bremerhaven
  • Assignee: AREVA WIND GmbH
  • Current Assignee: AREVA WIND GmbH
  • Current Assignee Address: DE Bremerhaven
  • Agency: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC
  • Priority: EP11154655 20110216
  • International Application: PCT/EP2012/050887 WO 20120120
  • International Announcement: WO2012/110278 WO 20120823
  • Main IPC: F03D7/02
  • IPC: F03D7/02
Blade pitch angle adjusting apparatus for a wind turbine
Abstract:
A wind turbine blade pitch angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting the pitch angle of a blade of a wind turbine is provided. The apparatus includes an electric pitch motor able to output a maximum motor torque Tm and a pitch brake assembly able to generate a maximum brake assembly torque Tb. The pitch brake assembly includes a plurality of individual pitch brakes each able to generate a maximum individual brake torque Tsb, the maximum brake assembly torque Tb is the sum of all maximum individual brake torques Tsb, and the maximum motor torque Tm is higher than the maximum individual brake torque Tsb of any one of the pitch brakes.
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