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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Danian Zheng, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Balaji Haridasu, Bangalore, IN;
William Francis Gevers, Easley, SC (US);
Stephen Bertram Johnson, Greenville, SC (US);
Danian Zheng, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Balaji Haridasu, Bangalore, IN;
William Francis Gevers, Easley, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wind turbine has a nacelle mounted atop a tower, with a support system configured around a base portion of the tower. The support system includes a plurality of support fins spaced radially around the base portion. Each of the support fins has a continuous header member secured to the tower and a continuous face member extending radially outward and downward from the header member towards ground. The support fins include a web extending between the header member and face member. The support fins extend from the tower with a length and at an acute extension angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the tower so as to provide vertical and lateral support around the circumference of the tower.