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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.:

US 7802412 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2003

Method of constructing large towers for wind turbines

Applicant:

Søren P. Jensen, Varde, DK;

Inventor:

Søren P. Jensen, Varde, DK;

Assignee:

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Ringkobing, DK;

Attorneys:

Stites & Harbison PLLC

Douglas E. Jackson

Primary Examiner:

Richard E Chilcot, Jr

Assistant Examiner:

Jessica Laux

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In order to transport large size windmill towers, the invention suggests a steel tower () for a windmill, comprising a number of cylindrical or tapered tower sections (), at least the wider sections () of which being subdivided into two or more elongated shell segments (), which combine into a complete tower section () by means of vertical flanges () tightened together, e.g., by bolts (), said shells being also provided with upper and lower horizontal flanges (), respectively, to allow interconnection of tower sections () one on top of the other.

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Jensen, Søren. (2010). Method of constructing large towers for wind turbines (U.S. Patent No. 7802412). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7802412

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