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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Neil Smith, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Josh Kissinger, Ventura, CA (US);
Ole Kils, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Neil Smith, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Josh Kissinger, Ventura, CA (US);
Ole Kils, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Barnhart Crane and Rigging Co., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a wind turbine enabling a cost effective and easy attachment/replacement of rotor blades and to a method of attaching a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine. The wind turbine in accordance with the invention comprises a tower resting on a base, at least one rotor blade having a blade connector portion, a nacelle housing a shaft to which a hub is attached, the nacelle being mounted atop the tower. Said hub of the wind turbine comprises a plurality of hub connection flanges, each hub connection flange being adapted to be detachably connected to a blade connector portion of a rotor blade.