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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Michael Lundgaard Bitsch, Langa, DK;
Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer, Hornslet, DK;
Inventors:
Michael Lundgaard Bitsch, Langa, DK;
Jesper Lykkegaard Neubauer, Hornslet, DK;
Assignee:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Aarhus N., DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F03D 1/00 (2006.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/001 (2013.01); F03D 1/0658 (2013.01); F03D 1/0691 (2013.01); F03D 13/10 (2016.05); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01); Y02P 70/523 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a hub for a wind turbine, the hub comprising a continuous shell being assembled from at least two shell parts. To improve stiffness of the hub, a plate element is attached within blade flanges of the assembled hub. Due to the combination between shell parts and a plate element, manufacturing and transportation is facilitated while strength and rigidity is ensured.