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US 11,988,193 B2Granted
Device for a wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEirik Nagel, John Nieuwenhuizen
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AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsEirik Nagel, John Nieuwenhuizen
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A wind turbine has an object position and/or speed detection device including: at least one leaky feeder, at least one electromagnetic transmitter connected to the least one leaky feeder for transmitting a first electromagnetic signal along the at least one leaky feeder towards a target object, whose position is to be detected, at least one electromagnetic receiver connected to the least one leaky feeder for receiving from the at least one leaky feeder a second electromagnetic signal, the second electromagnetic signal reflected from the target object when the first electromagnetic signal hits the target object, a processing unit connected to the electromagnetic transmitter and the electromagnetic receiver and configured to analyze the first electromagnetic signal and the second electromagnetic signal for determining the position and/or speed and/or direction and/or the size of the target object.
A wind turbine including a tower, a nacelle and at least one rotatable blade and an object position and/or speed and/or size detection device comprising:
A blade position and/or speed detection device for a wind turbine including a tower and at least one rotatable blade, the blade position detection device comprising:
A method for detecting the position and/or speed of a target object in an area comprising a wind turbine, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.