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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Viv Solutions Llc, Richmond, TX (US);
Inventor:
Donald Wayne Allen, Richmond, TX (US);
Assignee:
VIV Solutions LLC, Richmond, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0296 (2013.01); F03D 80/88 (2016.05); F05B 2260/96 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression system comprising: a vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression device dimensioned to be coupled to a tower of a wind turbine and operable to rotate about a tower of the wind turbine to suppress a vortex-induced vibration; and a drive member coupled to the vortex-induced vibration suppression device and operable to align the vortex-induced vibration suppression device with a nacelle of the wind turbine.