Transport apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorJohnny Soerensen
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Abstract
A transport apparatus for use in the transport of a heavy structure includes a shape-adjustable adapter realized to adjust between an initial shape and a mating shape; and an actuator configured to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its initial shape to facilitate positioning of the adapter relative to the structure; and to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its mating shape to engage the shape-adjustable adapter with a surface of the structure. A method of securing a frustoconical structure during transport is further provided.
Claims14
A transport apparatus for use in the transport of a heavy structure, the transport apparatus comprising:
- a shape-adjustable adapter configured to adjust between an initial shape and a mating shape;
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- an actuator configured to:
- affect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into the initial shape to facilitate positioning of the shape-adjustable adapter relative to the heavy structure, and
- affect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into the mating shape to engage the shape-adjustable adapter with a surface of the heavy structure;
- wherein the shape-adjustable adapter has an essentially circular cross-section between a fixed end and a variable end, further wherein a diameter at the variable end is larger in the mating state than in the initial state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.