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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Inventor:
Henrik Abild Jensen, Viborg, DK;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 80/30 (2016.05);
Abstract
Provided is a wind turbine including: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, a plurality of hitting areas which are subject to be hit by a lightning stroke. The nacelle includes an outer cover having a first plurality of portions including a conductive material and a second plurality of portions including a non-conductive material, the first plurality of portions being arranged along at least a path between the plurality of hitting areas and the tower.