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US 2008/0164700 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus for assembling and operating monocoque rotary machines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBharat Sampathkumaran Bagepalli, Peter Rogall, James Patrick Francis Lyons
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of assembling a rotary machine includes providing at least one component. The component is at least one of a rotating member and a stationary member. The method and apparatus also includes coupling the component to a monocoque nacelle structure. The monocoque nacelle structure includes an outer shell that extends over at least a portion of the component.
Claims20
A method of assembling a rotary machine, said method comprising:
- providing at least one component, the component is at least one of a rotating member and a stationary member;
- and
- coupling the at least one component to a monocoque nacelle structure comprising an outer shell extending over at least a portion of the component.
A wind turbine generator comprising:
- at least one component, said component comprises at least one of a rotating member and a stationary member;
- and
- a monocoque nacelle structure coupled to said component, said monocoque nacelle structure comprising an outer shell extending over at least a portion of said component.
A monocoque nacelle for a rotary machine, said monocoque structure comprising:
- at least one component, said component comprises at least one of a rotating member and a stationary member;
- and
- an outer shell coupled to said component, said outer shell extending over at least a portion of said component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.