Connector arrangement for a wind turbine down conductor, and wind turbine
AssigneeSiemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
InventorsSajeesh Sulaiman, Ramakrishnan Manickam, Aravind Devaraj, Rajanikanth Reddy Dasari, Haritha Subramanian Kalyanaraman
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Abstract
A connector arrangement for a wind turbine down conductor is provided, including a lightning conductor cable, a first connection element, a second connection element and a tube, wherein a first end of the cable is connected to the first connection element and a second end of the cable is connected to the second connection element, wherein the tube surrounds at least a portion of the cable between the first end and the second end of the cable, wherein the tube is fixedly attached to the first connection element and relatively movable to the second connection element.
Claims15
A connector arrangement for a wind turbine down conductor, comprising a lightning conductor cable, a first connection element, a second connection element and a tube, wherein a first end of the cable is connected to the first connection element and a second end of the cable is connected to the second connection element, wherein the cable is electrically connected to the first connection element and the second connection element, wherein the tube surrounds at least a portion of the cable between the first end and the second end of the cable, wherein the tube is fixedly attached to the first connection element and relatively movable to the second connection element.
A wind turbine comprising at least one connector arrangement having a lightning conductor cable, a first connection element, a second connection element, and a tube,
- wherein a first end of the lightning conductor cable is electrically connected to the first connection element and a second end of the lightning conductor cable is electrically connected to the second connection element,
- wherein the tube surrounds at least a portion of the lightning conductor cable between the first end and the second end, and
- wherein the tube is fixedly attached to the first connection element and relatively movable with respect to the second connection element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.