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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a lightning protection system for a wind power generation installation, a conductor ring is provided on a wind mill vane and at a rotor casing incorporating a wind power generator a zinc oxide element is provided so as to face the conductor ring with a spark gap , thereby, if a lightning in winter season which causes to flow a large current for a long duration time hits the wind mill vane , the wind power generation installation is effectively protected.