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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Ebert Composites Corporation, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
David W. Johnson, San Diego, CA (US);
H. Peter Fay, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ebert Composites Corporation, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 12/34 (2006.01); F03D 11/04 (2006.01); B65D 90/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 11/045 (2013.01); B65D 90/12 (2013.01); E04H 12/342 (2013.01); Y02E 10/728 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid wind turbine tower support structure that combines pultruded fiber glass composites lineals with reinforced concrete, effectively creating a low cost structure for holding large, laterally-forced-thrusts from wind turbine rotor blades. The structure is designed to be lower in installed costs then its counterpart steel support structure, yet be capable of withstanding very large thrust loads, deflecting-under-load less than or equal to, but no more, under extreme wind loading, than its counterpart, steel support structure.