Wind turbine support assembly and wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsOmid Gholizadeh Mojaveri, Esben Kobbelgaard
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Abstract
A wind turbine support assembly includes a bedframe and a support structure, wherein the bedframe is adapted for attaching the support assembly to a wind turbine tower, wherein the support structure includes at least one beam, wherein a web section of the beam is attached to an attachment area of the bedframe by a bolted connection including at least one bolt arranged perpendicular to the web section, wherein on the side of the web section opposite to the attachment area at least one retaining means is arranged for holding a bolt or a nut, which is attached to the bolt, in a non-rotatable manner.
Claims11
A wind turbine support assembly comprising a bedframe and a support structure, wherein the bedframe is configured for attaching the support assembly to a wind turbine tower, wherein the support structure comprises at least one beam, wherein a web section of the beam is attached to an attachment area of the bedframe by a bolted connection comprising a plurality of bolts arranged perpendicular to the web section, wherein on a side of the web section opposite to the attachment area at least one retaining means is arranged for holding a nut, which is attached to a respective bolt of the plurality of bolts, in a non-rotatable manner, wherein the retaining means comprises at least one retainer plate having a plurality of non-circular openings for accommodating a respective nut having an outer circumference with at least one non-circular section, wherein the retaining means comprises a further retainer plate arranged in parallel and at a distance to the retainer plate, wherein the further retainer plate comprises a plurality of further openings, and wherein each nut extends through a respective non-circular opening of the retainer plate and a respective further opening of the further retainer plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.