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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
William Gevers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nina Kristeva, Greenville, SC (US);
Hueseyin Karaca, Herne, DE;
William Gevers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Nina Kristeva, Greenville, SC (US);
Hueseyin Karaca, Herne, DE;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A tower base section, a tower adapter and a wind turbine having the tower base section and the tower adapter are provided. The tower base section includes a tubular side wall and a flange portion. The flange portion has an inner radius and an outer radius and is configured as a T-flange. The tubular side wall is located closer to the outer radius than to the inner radius. The adapter is arranged outside the tubular side wall and includes a bottom surface pressing from above on the flange portion.