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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:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Vestas Wind Systems A/s, Aarhus, DK;

Inventors:

Joris Kofman, Aalborg Øst, DK;

Michael Egstrøm, Jordrup, DK;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/00 (2006.01); B66C 13/08 (2006.01); B66C 1/10 (2006.01); B66C 23/18 (2006.01); B66D 1/26 (2006.01); B66D 1/48 (2006.01); B66D 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/08 (2013.01); B66C 1/108 (2013.01); B66C 23/185 (2013.01); B66D 1/26 (2013.01); B66D 1/485 (2013.01); B66D 1/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tagline control system for handling a wind turbine component during an operation on a wind turbine using a lifting apparatus. The tagline control system includes a tagline control module () having a housing (), at least two winches () disposed within the housing and each having a tagline cable (), a controller () disposed within the housing and operatively coupled to the at least two winches, and a power source () disposed within the housing () and operatively coupled to the at least two winches. A method of handling a wind turbine component during an operation on a wind turbine using the lifting apparatus includes coupling the tagline control module to the lifting apparatus and to a wind turbine component, and operating the tagline control system to effectuate the position of the wind turbine component.


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