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US 12,607,166 B2Granted
Wind turbine generator with hydraulic pump
AssigneeDelft Offshore Turbine B.V.
InventorJan Van Der Tempel
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Abstract
Wind turbine, comprising a tower and a head mounted at an upper end of said tower, rotational around a head axis, wherein a propeller is mounted to said head, rotatable around a propeller axis, wherein a hydraulic pump is provided, driven by said propeller, wherein the hydraulic pump is provided substantially in the propeller.
Claims19
A wind turbine, comprising
- a tower and a head mounted at an upper end of said tower, the head being rotational around a head axis, wherein a propeller is mounted to said head, the propeller being rotatable around a propeller axis, wherein the propeller comprises a hub, wherein a hydraulic pump is provided and configured to be driven by said propeller, wherein the hydraulic pump is provided in the hub of the propeller such that the hydraulic pump is configured for removal from the head together with the propeller,
- wherein the head is provided with a nave, wherein a movable part of the hydraulic pump rotates with the propeller around a part of said nave, wherein said nave forms or is provided with a stationary part of the hydraulic pump, and wherein the propeller comprises a rotational part of the hydraulic pump, and
- wherein said nave comprises a first part inside said head and a second part which is releasably connected to said first part, wherein said second part is provided in or by said hydraulic pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.