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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2003
Marc Seidel, Osnabrueck, DE;
Marc Seidel, Osnabrueck, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A tower, in particular for a wind energy turbine, comprises a first tower segment () having a wall () comprising concrete material and a second tower segment () having a wall () comprising steel. The wall () of the second tower segment () comprises an end portion () embedded in an embedent portion () of the wall () of the first tower segment (). The second tower segment () within its embedded end portion () comprises at least one anchoring element () projecting radially from an inner or an outer surface () or both inner and outer surfaces () of the wall () of the second tower segment (), the anchoring elements () being arranged along an axial direction of the second tower segment ().