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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Rolf Rohden, Aurich, DE;
Inventor:
Rolf Rohden, Aurich, DE;
Assignee:
WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH, Aurich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 9/02 (2006.01); B63H 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/14 (2013.01); B63H 9/02 (2013.01); Y02T 70/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a carrier, and a rotary body mounted rotatably to the carrier, as well as a drive device for driving the rotary body. The carrier has at least one opening which connects an internal space in the carrier with an external space in such a way that air can pass through between those two spaces. The invention further concerns a method of cooling elements of a Magnus rotor, a method of heating a rotary body of a Magnus rotor and a ship.