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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Frontier Wind, Llc, West Conshohocken, PA (US);
Peter Everett Brooks, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathan John Burgess, Rochester, MN (US);
Myron Floyd Miller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Thomas Jay Green, Roseville, CA (US);
Frontier Wind, LLC, West Conshohocken, PA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for actuating one or more load management devices on a wind turbine and/or a wind turbine blade. Each actuator may exhibit one or more beneficial qualities including appropriate actuation speed/force characteristics, size and/or weight characteristics, and/or increased reliability and consistent operation in a variety of operating conditions. According to some aspects, the actuator may be a direct pneumatic actuator, a ramp slide pneumatic actuator, a scissor actuator, a linear induction actuator, a belt actuator, a closed cam follower actuator, a screw drive actuator, a solenoid actuator, a rack and pinion actuator, a cylindrical cam follower actuator, a Y-belt actuator, an offset rotary drive actuator, a tape style actuator, a rigid tape actuator, a deformable membrane actuator, a memory alloy actuator, and/or a crank slide actuator.