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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:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus N., DK;

Inventor:
Assignee:

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/40 (2016.01); B63B 35/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/40 (2016.05); B63B 35/00 (2013.01); B63B 35/003 (2013.01); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2240/95 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a preassembly system comprising a support arrangement and a plurality of tower structures each having a mean diameter, D, wherein said plurality of tower structures are placed vertically on the support arrangement during preassembly and/or storage, the support arrangement comprising a set of attachments means for each tower structure, said attachment means being configured for positioning said plurality of tower structures with a mutual distance, a, wherein the ratio a/D is below 2.3, such as below 2.2, such as below 2.1, such as below 2.0 in order to reduce loads on the plurality of tower structures due to Vortex shedding while being secured to the preassembly system. The present invention further relates an associated method and a sea going vessel for transporting a plurality of vertically oriented tower structures.


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