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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Jeffrey Alan Melius, Roanoke, VA (US);
Cyrus David Harbourt, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian Matthew Aiken, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Todd Moore, Troutville, VA (US);
Howard Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian Eric Lindholm, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Christopher Mcmenamin, Salem, VA (US);
William John Bonneau, East Troy, WI (US);
Amy Marlene Ridenour, Salem, VA (US);
Andrew Scott Wilkinson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jeffrey Alan Melius, Roanoke, VA (US);
Cyrus David Harbourt, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian Matthew Aiken, Louisville, KY (US);
Christopher Todd Moore, Troutville, VA (US);
Howard Ross Edmunds, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian Eric Lindholm, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Christopher McMenamin, Salem, VA (US);
William John Bonneau, East Troy, WI (US);
Amy Marlene Ridenour, Salem, VA (US);
Andrew Scott Wilkinson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat sink includes a bottom surface mounted on a thermal energy generating component of the wind turbine generator. An opposing top planar surface includes a plurality of pins extending therefrom. The pins form an air flow path through the pins to dissipate the generated thermal energy from the thermal energy generating component.