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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
Applicant:
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Inventor:
Alejandro Hernandez Ferre, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/20 (2016.01); F03D 15/20 (2016.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 15/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2260/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to supporting structures for a central frame of a direct-drive wind turbine and methods for managing such structures. A supporting structure is configured to assume a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the supporting structure has a shape and size such that the supporting structure can be introduced into the central frame from an outside. In the deployed configuration, the supporting structure has one or more increased dimensions with respect to the stowed configuration, and comprises a working platform.