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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel P. Costin, Chelsea, VT (US);
Jeffrey K. Petter, Williston, VT (US);
Inventors:
Daniel P. Costin, Chelsea, VT (US);
Jeffrey K. Petter, Williston, VT (US);
Assignee:
Northern Power Systems, Inc., Waitsfield, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a wind turbine () having a plurality of blades () and a blade rotor hub (), a lightning protection system () for conducting lightning strikes to any one of the blades and the region surrounding the blade hub along a path around the blade hub and critical components of the wind turbine, such as the generator (), gearbox () and main turbine bearings ().