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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Bernd Zickert, Oyten, DE;
Inventor:
Bernd Zickert, Oyten, DE;
Assignee:
AREVA WIND GmbH, Bremerhaven, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 7/0224 (2013.01); F05B 2240/40 (2013.01); F05B 2260/79 (2013.01); F05B 2260/903 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wind turbine blade pitch angle adjusting apparatus for adjusting the pitch angle of a blade of a wind turbine is provided. The apparatus includes an electric pitch motor able to output a maximum motor torque Tm and a pitch brake assembly able to generate a maximum brake assembly torque Tb. The pitch brake assembly includes a plurality of individual pitch brakes each able to generate a maximum individual brake torque Tsb, the maximum brake assembly torque Tb is the sum of all maximum individual brake torques Tsb, and the maximum motor torque Tm is higher than the maximum individual brake torque Tsb of any one of the pitch brakes.