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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Garrett L. Bywaters, Waitsfield, VT (US);
Trevor H. Cole, Duxbury, VT (US);
Inventors:
Garrett L. Bywaters, Waitsfield, VT (US);
Trevor H. Cole, Duxbury, VT (US);
Assignee:
Northern Power Systems, Inc., Barre, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wind power unit that includes a tower and a support structure that cantilevers from the upper end of the tower. The wind power unit includes an electrical transformer that is suspended from the support structure. In one embodiment, the transformer extends through an opening in the bottom portion of a nacelle that encloses the support structure and includes electrical connections on its upper end that are accessible from inside the nacelle via a service opening in a floor located above the transformer.