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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clint Coleman, Warren, VT (US);
Assignee:
Northern Power Systems, Inc., Moretown, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416156 ; 416135 ; 416148 ; 416158 ;
Abstract
In a variable pitch wind turbine system, pitch angle is determined by a pneumatically pressurized hydraulic actuator connected between crank arms on the blade pitch axles. The hydraulic line extends coaxially through the rotor drive shaft via a rotary union to a gas charged accumulator on the yaw carriage. The pitch axes are positively coupled for 1:1 counter-rotation by a gear train, preferably lying on the opposite side of the rotor axis from the hydraulic actuator.