General Electric Company

General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l.

Brian Thomas Misavage

Michael Royce Johnson

Gregory Clarence Thomas

Jay F Leonard

Darrick Adam Vanderwalker

Brian William Manikas

Paul Howard Davidson

Michael Frederick Sander

Kevin Tyler Eherts

Hunter Ryan Anderson

Waylon James Esser

The present disclosure is directed to a working platform mounted within a nacelle of the wind turbine during a repair procedure. More specifically, the working platform may be mounted to a bedplate within the nacelle in an area where one or more drivetrain component(s) would normally be during operation of the wind turbine, but have been removed due to repair or replacement thereof.

Working platform within a nacelle of a wind turbine

A disassembled wind turbine under repair includes a tower secured to a foundation and a nacelle mounted atop the tower. The nacelle includes a base wall, side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a top wall. The front wall includes an opening configured to receive a main shaft of the wind turbine; however, the main shaft and a rotor of the wind turbine have been removed from the nacelle during a repair procedure. As such, the disassembled wind turbine further includes an external platform assembly secured at the opening of the front wall of the nacelle during the repair procedure.

External platform assembly for wind turbine repairs

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Ballston Spa, NY, United States of America

Brian Thomas Misavage