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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2007
Applicants:

Shinya Oohara, Hitachi, JP;

Masaya Ichinose, Hitachiota, JP;

Motoo Futami, Hitachiota, JP;

Kazuya Tsutsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;

Takashi Shiraishi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Shigeo Yoshida, Utsunomiya, JP;

Hajime Komiyama, Utsunomiya, JP;

Junichi Sugino, Utsunomiya, JP;

Inventors:

Shinya Oohara, Hitachi, JP;

Masaya Ichinose, Hitachiota, JP;

Motoo Futami, Hitachiota, JP;

Kazuya Tsutsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;

Takashi Shiraishi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Shigeo Yoshida, Utsunomiya, JP;

Hajime Komiyama, Utsunomiya, JP;

Junichi Sugino, Utsunomiya, JP;

Assignees:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 9/02 (2006.01); F03D 9/00 (2006.01); B63H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A pitch controller, uninterruptible power supply, and rotational speed detector are disposed in the rotor in a wind turbine. When a slip ring failure or wire breakage occurs, the pitch controller internally creates a pitch angle command so as to control the pitch angle.


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