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US 12,479,549 B2Granted
Structure for a Flettner-type rotary rigging
AssigneeFarwind Energy
InventorsBrice Bognet, Antoine Caillaud
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a Flettner-type type rotary rigging (100) comprising a tower (131, 132) comprised inside a cylindrical outer skin (121) centered on a vertical axis (110) of rotation and comprising a connection with the cylindrical outer skin (121) and comprising a tower structure consisting of an assembly of structural members comprising wood fibers.
Claims4
A Flettner-type rotary rigging comprising:
- an outer skin of cylindrical shape centered on a vertical axis of rotation, comprising an outer aerodynamic surface comprised in a cylindrical envelope with a diameter D and a height L, in which D is greater than or equal to 3 meters and a L/D ratio is greater than 5;
- a tower comprised inside the outer skin and comprising a connection with the outer skin;
- wherein a tower structure is made of an assembly of structural members comprising wood fibers;
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- wherein the structural members form an openwork framework with laminated wood panels covering openings of the openwork framework.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.