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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Gerardo Herce Gil De Muro, Barcelona, ES;
GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is related to couplings for mechanically connecting an auxiliary component to a wind turbine tower. The couplings comprise a mounting bracket configured to be mounted on a shaft of the auxiliary component, and a tower interface configured to be arranged at an outside of the wind turbine tower and comprising a first fastener hole. The couplings further comprise a pad configured to be arranged at an inside of the wind turbine tower, and comprising a second fastener hole, wherein the first and the second fastener holes are configured to receive a fastener extending through a hole in the wind turbine tower to attach the auxiliary component to the wind turbine tower, and wherein the mounting bracket is configured to swivel about the shaft of the auxiliary component and is displaceable along a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The present disclosure further relates to methods for removing auxiliary components from a wind turbine.