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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jay F. Leonard, Greenville, SC (US);

Joseph Lawrence Chacon, Greenville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/80 (2016.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.01); F03D 80/70 (2016.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02M 5/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/82 (2016.05); F03D 1/06 (2013.01); F03D 9/25 (2016.05); F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F03D 80/70 (2016.05); H02J 3/386 (2013.01); H02M 5/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a tower, a machine head having a generator, and a rotor mechanically coupled to the generator. The rotor includes a hub and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to and extending outwardly from the hub. The wind turbine also includes an adaptor coupled between the tower and the machine head, with the adaptor defining an interior chamber. Furthermore, the wind turbine includes one or more electrical components electrically coupled to the generator, with the one or more electrical components being positioned within the interior chamber defined by the adaptor.


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