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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Andritz Hydro Gmbh, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Johannes Geromiller, Fronreute, DE;
Daniel Plessing, Ravensburg, DE;
Carsten Hermann, Weingarten, DE;
Assignee:
Andritz Hydro GmbH, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F03B 3/12 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 1/0658 (2013.01); F01D 5/3053 (2013.01); F03B 3/121 (2013.01); F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F05B 2260/30 (2013.01); Y02E 10/223 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02E 10/721 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly of rotor blades and hub for a turbine, such as a tidal current turbine. Each rotor blade includes a cavity and at least two ribs extending into the cavity at a radially inward (lower) region of the rotor blade. The hub includes a journal for each blade and the journal extends into the cavity and is supported by the at least two ribs.