Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable crane for use in wind turbines
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Application No.: US14034763Application Date: 2013-09-24
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Publication No.: US09651020B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Brent Hamilton Holloway , Adam S. Davis , Michael Spitsbergen
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- 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: F03D11/00
- IPC: F03D11/00 ; F03D1/00 ; B66C23/20

Abstract:
Portable cranes for wind turbines are provided. In one embodiment, a crane includes a boom, a support shaft connected to the boom, and a plurality of interchangeable mount assemblies. Each of the plurality of mount assemblies is removably connectable to the support shaft and mountable to a wind turbine component. The crane is mountable to at least two different wind turbine components. In another embodiment, a crane includes a boom, a support shaft connected to the boom, and means for mounting the crane to at least one uptower wind turbine component and at least one downtower wind turbine component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150086367A1 PORTABLE CRANE FOR USE IN WIND TURBINES Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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