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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Madrid, ES;
Ronald Eduard Stam, Hengelo, NL;
Alvaro Jaime Calle Garrido, Madrid, ES;
Vidya Sagar Meesala, Rheine, DE;
Sjouke Jan Van Der Zee, Enschede, NL;
Eugenio Yegro Segovia, Madrid, ES;
Ronald Eduard Stam, Hengelo, NL;
Alvaro Jaime Calle Garrido, Madrid, ES;
Vidya Sagar Meesala, Rheine, DE;
Sjouke Jan van der Zee, Enschede, NL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wind turbine including a nacelle and a rotor hub is disclosed. The nacelle may extend between a hub end and an aft end and may define a nacelle shaft opening and a nacelle access port at the hub end. The rotor hub may extend between a first end and a second end, with the second end being disposed adjacent to the hub end of the nacelle. The rotor hub may also define a hub shaft opening at the second end and a hub access port generally adjacent to the hub shaft opening. In addition, the wind turbine may include an access bridge configured to extend between the nacelle and the rotor hub so as to provide access between the nacelle access port and the hub access port.