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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. 09, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

James Eric Reed, Spartanburg, SC (US);

Ronald Lawrence Yenser, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Gary Wayne Holladay, Greenville, SC (US);

Eduardo Moreno Benito, Mataro, ES;

Sergi Unzueta Garcia, Barcelona, ES;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/34 (2006.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); E04H 12/10 (2006.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01); E04B 1/98 (2006.01); E04H 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/342 (2013.01); E04H 12/10 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/88 (2016.05); E04B 1/98 (2013.01); E04H 2012/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tower assembly for a wind turbine includes a tower and a freestanding internal tower structure assembly. The tower has a tower wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface separated by a tower wall thickness, with the inner surface defining a tower interior. The internal tower structure assembly is positioned within the tower interior. The tower structure assembly includes a plurality of stackable support structures configured to support one or more internal tower components. Further, the tower structure assembly is freestanding within the tower interior.


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