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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Sonke Siegfriedsen, Drage, DE;
Inventor:
Sonke Siegfriedsen, Drage, DE;
Assignee:
Aerodyn Engineering GmbH, Rendsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wind power plant, comprising a tower, a rotor mounted on the tower and having at least one rotor blade, and a power conversion unit, is characterized by a swivel bearing, the swiveling plane of which lies between an approximately horizontal rotor axis (x) and a vertical tower axis (y), at least one motor for swiveling the rotor, along with the power conversion unit, from a first position in which the rotor axis (x) extends at least approximately in a horizontal direction into a second position in which the rotor axis (x) extends at least approximately in a vertical direction.