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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Ralph W. Blakemore, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ralph W. Blakemore, Tehachapi, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wind turbine. In one embodiment, the wind turbine includes a platform and one or more gyroscopes connected to the platform to detect movement of the platform. A control circuit is coupled with the one or more gyroscopes to determine loads placed on one or more turbine components and to mitigate the loads in response to signals from the one or more gyroscopes.