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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
James E. Reed, Spartanburg, SC (US);
James C. Butts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
James E. Reed, Spartanburg, SC (US);
James C. Butts, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular platform assembly for a wind turbine tower includes a core platform sub-assembly having an underlying structural support grid. A plurality of platform extension panels are disposed circumferentially around at least a portion of a perimeter of the core platform sub-assembly. Support extensions are configured on the support grid at a plurality of circumferential positions around the core platform sub-assembly, with the platform extension panels supported by the support extension. The support extensions are mountable to a wall within a wind turbine tower and are variably positional on the support grid so at to vary the effective diameter of the support grid.